But virtually all other cells have a primary cilium. Likewise, for many years it was generally assumed that the entire phylum Nematoda, comprising roundworms, completely lacked cilia or flagella.

In her lab at Washington University in St. Louis, endocrinologist Jing Hughes studies a peculiar structure that sticks out of the surfaces of human pancreatic islet cells: the primary cilium. The ...

In the study led by NTU's Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine), researchers grew the organoids using skin cells ... structure on kidney cells, or the primary cilium, cause cysts to ...

Tiny hairlike structures on pancreatic cells have long been considered static sensors ... The study marks the first time scientists have suggested that pancreatic cilia—indeed any primary cilia— can ...