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.

Cilia are hair-like structures that extend from the surface of almost all cell types of the human body. In addition to being "motors" that enable cell propulsion and fluid movement, cilia act as ...

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 produce wave-like ...

Pediatric patients who likely had primary ciliary dyskinesia more frequently also had asthma vs. patients without this condition, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open ...

Researchers know about many of cilia's roles, but not exactly how they beat in the first place. A new mathematical model aims to uncover the secret to cilia's beating motions.

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 ...

Researchers know about many of cilia’s roles, but not exactly how they beat in the first place. A new mathematical model from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St ...

Ciliary beat frequency in neonates with mild bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) significantly differed vs. moderate or severe BPD. Cilia bended angle and amplitude significantly differed between the ...

We employ both molecular and cell biological techniques to probe these microtubule inner proteins that make up the core of a motile cilium and investigate their contributions to motile cilia movement ...

While studying ciliary movements in healthy in vitro models is inherently fascinating, observing changes in ciliary function under disease states or with compound treatments is even more compelling.