Cilia in the nose, for example, detect smell molecules, and cilia on rod and cone cells in the eye help with vision. But cilia in the brain are more mysterious. The new research offers some clarity.

If primary cilia can act as one type of receptor, can they also act as other types? Yes, they absolutely can. In addition to acting as mechanoreceptors, there are examples of primary cilia being ...

The researchers envision a cilia-covered chip as the basis of a diagnostic device that could test any sample of water, blood or urine to find contaminants or markers of disease.

Cilia, the little "hairs" attached to almost all cells of the human body, ... for example during development, and are essential for passing on signals. ...

In a recent paper published in the journal Science, Associate Professor of Physics Zvonimir Dogic and colleagues present the first example of a simple microscopic system that self-organizes to produce ...

Left-right asymmetry is known to be established during early embryogenesis by a small cluster of cells termed the left-right organizer. Within this organizer, motile cilia beat rapidly to create a ...

For example, flow-induced passive cilia bending is required for mechanosensation of extracellular fluid flow (for instance, tubular fluid, urine) 18.

In lung cancer cells without cilia, for example, only 39% of cells survived treatment using erlotinib, compared with 72% of cells that still had cilia.

As the first example of a system that beats like cilia, the new models could have applications in fields ranging from cell biology to physics and nanoscience.

During cilia deconstruction, Ott and her team also noted that mother centrioles, which are responsible for the initial formation of cilia, ultimately dock at the plasma membrane but remain unciliated.

Cilia's secrets revealed using connectome data Date: January 15, 2025 Source: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summary: By reexamining 3D images used to map the connections between brain cells ...