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

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.

Cilia are broom-like hairs that line the nasal passages, airways, and lungs, aiding in cleaning them. The cilia will slow down their movement as soon as you take your first puff of a cigarette.

Little is understood about how cilia, the tiny hairlike organelles that in humans are often the first lines of defense against pathogens in our lungs and respiratory tracks and even help push ...

The Johns Hopkins Medicine team found that, compared with human lung cells with normal ANT2 function, cilia in human lung cells lacking ANT2 beat 35% less effectively when exposed to smoke.

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Exeter, have been awarded a Wellcome Discovery Award grant of ...

Cystic Fibrosis, a fatal lung disease striking one in 2,500 people, may be caused by a failure of the cilia to maintain the level of water associated with the mucus in the lungs, causing the natural ...

Countless tiny hairs (cilia) are found on the outer wall of some cells, for example in our lungs or in our brain. When these micrometer-sized hairs coordinate their movement and produce wave-like ...

These cilia are linked to signaling pathways that regulate their motility, allowing epithelial tissues in airways to sense toxins or noxious compounds and help protect the lungs. Motile cilia ...

Researchers discover gene responsible for cilia, lungs' natural cleaning system Peer-Reviewed Publication. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ...

Coronavirus particles (small, spiky spheres) coat a human lung cell and its hairlike cilia in this scanning electron micrograph (left; higher-resolution view at right). C. Ehre/ NEJM 2020 ...

Utilizing these tools, the researchers discovered that cilia are cell-surface mechanosensors that are important for left-right asymmetry of the developing body and organs such as the heart.