The dynamic barrier formed by cilia helps prevent bacteria, viruses and other harmful particles from reaching the cells that ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unrecognized way that human airways protect lungs from infection—through the action of cilia, tiny hair-like structures lining the respiratory tract.

Research by the University of Cambridge and University of Strathclyde reveals that cilia in the respiratory tract generate ...

In removing cilia from human pluripotent stem cells, Freedman and his colleagues sought to understand what would happen in their subsequent transformation into tissues and organoids.

Ultrastructural Characterization of Primary Cilia in Pathologically Characterized Human Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) Tumors Joanna J Moser; Marvin J Fritzler; Jerome B Rattner Disclosures ...

Nia Teerikorpi, who performed most of the experiments in this study, grew immature human nerve cells that had been mutated ... that all 45 genes function in tiny hair-like protrusions (cilia) ...

Microstructure of cilia: Structure, protein elements critical to human function, disease uncovered Date: June 25, 2014 Source: University of Minnesota Academic Health Center Summary: New ...

"What was disconcerting about human cilia defects was that, because the physiology of these diseases are so complex and broad, the disorders were not initially tied to cilia dysfunctions," says Zuker.

Study provides a comprehensive analysis of human primary cilia, uncovering their architectural features and functional implications in cellular processes. It highlights the importance of these ...

Three dimensional images of human pancreatic islet cells provide an unprecedented view of the enigmatic primary cilia.

Almost every eukaryotic cell type has cilia—tiny hairlike structures—on their surface. But, the function of cilia is not well understood. Now, researchers show that human pluripotent stem ...

This study demonstrates that defects in cilia expression and function are a hallmark of glioblastoma multiforme tumors and correlate with their unrestrained growth.