A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered the atomic structure of a protein complex pivotal to ...

A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered the atomic structure of a protein complex pivotal to the function of motile cilia, the hair-like structures extending from the ...

Primary cilia are important sensory organelles that play a role in cell signaling and development. “Sometimes people think of [primary cilium] as an antenna because they are coated in receptors and ...

First illustration of the molecular machinery that makes cilia beat Date: June 13, 2023 Source: University College London Summary: The first image of the structures that power human cilia -- the ...

Edges cause cilia to quickly synchronize their beating pattern Date: October 1, 2023 Source: Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization Summary: Border regions can cause cilia to ...

Each cilium had a volume of about 0.15 μm 3, which is 5,000 times less than the corresponding cell. Furthermore, each cilia had a surface area of 3.05 μm 2, which is about 200 times less than ...

Study reveals that cytoglobin (cygb2) plays a crucial role in regulating cilia motility and organ laterality during development, highlighting its importance in NO signaling and cilia function.

Covering stents with hairlike structures called cilia may help keep the implanted medical tubes clean, preventing infection, researchers report April 28 in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...