Smoking can turns your lungs, black, inflated, and inflamed. But quitting can reverse some of this damage, even if you’ve smoked for several years.

The lung ciliary beat frequency analysis in vitro assay assesses the effect of drugs on the function of cilia in the small airway epithelium.

The first image of the structures that power human cilia – the tiny, hairlike projections that line our airways – has been produced by a team involving UCL researchers and could lead to much ...

Medically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DOMedically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DO Situs inversus is a rare ailment in ...

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 on ...

Schematic of the lung epithelium: The figure shows how cells with cilia (green) work together with mucus-forming cells (yellow, purple) to effectively remove pathogens from the lung.

New research from the University of Osaka has uncovered how air pollution impairs the lungs' self-cleaning system by damaging cilia on airway cells. The study also identifies a potential treatment ...

Smoking and vaping can also lower your immunity to respiratory infections. One study even found that e-cigarettes suppress immune cells in your nose. They also destroy the cilia in your lungs ...

When cilia don't function properly, the lungs cannot properly expel mucus and it can build up, at times to dangerous levels. As her condition worsened, Vega said she could fill a 32-ounce cup or ...

The first image of the structures that power human cilia – the tiny, hairlike projections that line our airways – has been produced by a team involving UCL researchers and could lead to much ...

When cilia don't function properly, the lungs cannot properly expel mucus and it can build up, at times to dangerous levels.