rbht.nhs.uk Cilia are organelles present on almost every cell within the body. In the respiratory tract, motile cilia line the epithelial surface and beat in a coordinated fashion to clear mucus from ...

That's because dry air, like cold air, also messes with epithelial cells. In this case, it stops tiny fingerlike projections, called cilia, that stick out from the cells from wiggling around and ...

Glycylation and glycylases are required for robust primary cilia formation in mammals. Colon epithelial cells have primary cilia that depend on the glycylase TTLL3. Absence of TTLL3 leads to increased ...

In the former he found that the bronchial epithelium contained more goblet cells, shorter cilia and a thicker epithelium. In this group Chang was impressed by the more conspicuous basal-cell ...

They then used a dye to penetrate the mucus and periciliary layers—the latter being the gel engulfing the cilia. They did not dye the epithelial cell walls, which helped mark the epithelium's ...

and both pigmented and non-pigmented ciliary epithelium. ECP-treated tissue exhibited pronounced contraction of the ciliary processes with disruption of the ciliary body epithelium, sparing of the ...

iDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Marsico Lung Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA jDepartment of Pediatrics, Marsico Lung Institute, ...

Three cell types make up the olfactory epithelium: basal, supporting, and olfactory. Olfactory receptor cells have hairlike extensions called cilia. It used to be thought that the olfactory epithelium ...

The system is collectively called the mucociliary epithelium. Mucus means slime and is the Latin name for the mucus that covers and protects the mucous membrane. Cilia are the tiny hairs that line ...

Motile cilia are hair-like cell extensions that beat periodically to generate fluid flow along various epithelial tissues within the body. In dense multiciliated carpets, cilia were shown to exhibit a ...

The multiciliated cells in nasal epithelium carry structures called microvilli, spikes that protrude from cells and move particles. One multiciliated cell can also have hundreds of motile cilia, and ...