For example, in humans, only a few cell types have motile cilia, namely sperm, epithelia cells in the bronchi and oviducts, and ependymal cells that line brain vesicles. But virtually all other ...

Motile cilia on airway epithelial cells Image: SEM by Tom Moninger "This is the first paper that shows that motile cilia can have sensory function," said Gáspár Jékely, a cell and molecular biologist ...

but this requires that all cilia in a tissue orient the same way. Earlier studies indicated that both planar cell polarity (PCP) signalling and cilia-generated fluid flows could influence ciliary ...

The researchers also used immunofluorescence microscopy to visualize proteins on live beta cells. They observed that the cilia contained motor proteins that are responsible for active motion in ...

cylindrical-shaped extensions found on the surface of many cells, is altered. There is a high degree of ciliary ...

Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO. Department of Cell and Developmental Biology. B.S. – Biology. University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA. Research in my lab focuses on better ...