Finger-like protrusions called cilia on the surface of the human mucous membrane, or epithelium, sway back and forth when irritated. This coordinated 'beating' movement of the cilia helps to ...

PCP, cilia and tubule elongation. The PCP pathway has a key role during tubular elongation, a process in which epithelial cells divide ... the C-terminal tail of the integral plasma membrane ...

To aid in assessing the impact of chemicals and drugs on cilia function in the small airway epithelium, the lung cilia beat frequency analysis in vitro assay is the ideal option. Using the ...

"Epithelial cell layers line all of the inner and outer body and organ surfaces in the human body, for example in the lung, intestine, pancreas and in the inner ear," said Moritz Gegg. Cilia ...

Schematic representation of the MucilAir™ pseudostrati ed respiratory epithelium grown on the surface of a porous membrane with culture medium on the basal side and air on the apical side.

Normal ciliated epithelium coloured in orange/red and NEK10 mutant epithelium ... Researchers found the gene NEK10 helps regulate the length and function of motile cilia, tiny hair-like structures ...

It showed that two common e-cigarette flavorings can have a damaging effect on the functioning of cilia, small hair-like projections that arise from epithelial cells that line the human airway.

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 ...

These artificial cilia come together to form sheets that resemble epithelium layers found in nature, according to an article from the Guardian Liberty Voice. These could, like their natural ...

Two chemicals widely used to flavor electronic cigarettes may be impairing the function of cilia in the human ... of flavoring chemicals in human epithelial cells, which are the type that line ...