They found that glial cells respond to damaged cilia by accumulating excess extracellular matrix proteins and altering gene expression. Specifically, they discovered a new signaling pathway ...

This type of damage reduces oxygen to vital body areas. Cilia are broom-like hairs that line the nasal passages, airways, and lungs, aiding in cleaning them. The cilia will slow down their ...

North Carolina health officials say they’re seeing another uptick in whooping cough cases. The state reports four times more ...

For a long time, almost all attention was on the motile cilia because their function was readily observable. But scientists, starting with Alexander Kowalevsky had reported the presence of single ...

The cilia are antenna-like organelles that sense shifts in the extracellular environment and communicate these changes to the intracellular space. Although scientists first identified primary cilia in ...