Cilia are broom-like hairs that line the nasal passages, airways, and lungs, aiding in cleaning them. The cilia will slow ...

Because cilia cannot sweep mucus out of the lungs as quickly as it's being formed, it accumulates in the airways, clogs them up and triggers a cough. A buildup of mucus can also cause more lung ...

That lack of cilia could help the virus invade the lungs and cause severe COVID-19, says Lisa Chakrabarti, a viral immunologist at the Pasteur Institute in Paris (SN: 6/11/20).

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 ...

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 ...

Kartagener syndrome is a genetic disease that affects the cilia in your lungs. Learn about the causes, symptoms, and treatment options for this condition today.

Nov. 9, 2022 — 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 ...

Cigarette smoking, for example, is responsible for nearly 90% of all lung cancer deaths and 80% of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes things like emphysema and chronic ...

Tar is responsible for the blackening of the lungs from smoking. It contains most of the cancer-causing chemicals in cigarette smoke and affects the cilia in your lungs, little hairs that sweep ...

Man has been breathing with lungs for a million years. Men have been studying the lungs's physiology for nearly 5.000 years. But not until Radiologist Alfred Ernest Barclay* took to blowing ...

The microscopic, hair-like structures called cilia act like the engines of cellular biology. They use a coordinated wave motion to propel bacteria, clean out your lungs and even move eggs from the ...

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 ...