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.

Scientists from Germany and Italy have uncovered details of the protective layer that surrounds the fine protrusions of cells ...

Biological cells often possess thin, hair-like protrusions on their surface known as cilia, which serve various functions ...

Many cells in our body have a single primary cilium, a micrometer-long, hair-like organelle protruding from the cell surface that transmits cellular signals. Cilia are important for regulating ...

Biological cells often possess thin, hair-like protrusions on their surface known as cilia, which serve various functions ranging from movement to sensing environmental signals. Researchers from ...

Louis. 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.

A lateral view of a 3D reconstruction of a type II hair cell shown in Figure 1L, rotated around the yaxis. The apical side is up. The cilium—the apical projection—is shown in blue, stereovilli ...