News tagged with motile cilia
Airway cells use 'tasting' mechanism to detect and clear harmful substances
Jul 24, 2009 |
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The same mechanism that helps you detect bad-tasting and potentially poisonous foods may also play a role in protecting your airway from harmful substances, according to a study by scientists at the University ...
FoxJ1 helps cilia beat a path to asymmetry
Nov 16, 2008 |
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New work at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies reveals how a genetic switch, known as FoxJ1, helps developing embryos tell their left from their right. While at first glance the right and left sides ...
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BBS proteins shown to run an export business that protects cilia
Dec 28, 2009 |
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A protein complex mutated in human disease removes excess signaling molecules to prevent them from damaging cilia, say researchers from UMass Medical School. The study will be published in the December 28 ...
Scientists study cilia -- microscopic hair
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May 05, 2006 |
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Texas scientists studying microscopic hairs called cilia say they found an internal structure that's responsible for a cell's response to external signals.
Some skin cancer may be mediated by primary cilia activity
Aug 23, 2009 |
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Tiny, solitary spikes that stick out of nearly every cell in the body play a central role in a type of skin cancer, new research has found. The discovery in mice shows that the microscopic structures known as primary cilia ...
Researchers Discover Tiny Cellular Antennae Trigger Neural Stem Cells
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Aug 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Yale University scientists today reported evidence suggesting that the tiny cilia found on brain cells of mammals, thought to be vestiges of a primeval past, actually play a critical role ...
New insight into human ciliopathy
Aug 04, 2009 |
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In the September 1st issue of G&D, Dr. Karen Oegema (UCSD) and colleagues identify the molecular basis of the lethal developmental disorder, hydrolethalus syndrome, and reveal that hydrolethalus syndrome actually belongs to the ...
Motile Cilia Go With the Flow
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Apr 23, 2007 |
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Cilia, tiny hair-like structures that propel mucus out of airways, have to agree on the direction of the fluid flow to get things moving. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies discovered ...
Primary cilium as cellular 'GPS system' crucial to wound repair
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Dec 17, 2008 |
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The primary cilium, the solitary, antenna-like structure that studs the outer surfaces of virtually all human cells, orient cells to move in the right direction and at the speed needed to heal wounds, much like a Global Positioning ...
Some brain tumors may be mediated by tiny filament on cells
Aug 23, 2009 |
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UCSF scientists have discovered that a tiny filament extending from cells, until recently regarded as a remnant of evolution, may play a role in the most common malignant brain tumor in children.
Can you hear me now? How the inner ear's sensors are made
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Dec 01, 2008 |
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A UCLA study shows for the first time how microscopic crystals form sound and gravity sensors inside the inner ear. Located at the ends of cilia — tiny cellular hairs in the ear that move and transmit signals ...
Scientists identify critical protein complex in formation of cell cilia
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Aug 19, 2008 |
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An international team led by NYU Cancer Institute have identified a protein complex that regulates the formation of cilia, which are found on virtually all mature human cells and are essential to normal cell function.
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