Orhon et al. report that primary-cilium-mediated fluid flow sensing triggers autophagy through LKB1–AMPK–mTOR signalling, and thereby controls the volume of kidney epithelial cells.

The primary ciliated cell (left) is a precursor cell, which has just begun the multiciliation cycle. The more mature multiciliated cell (right) has hundreds of centrioles and cilia as a result of the ...

Exocytosis: The process through which cells expel contents contained in vesicles by fusing them with the plasma membrane. Calcium Signaling and Molecular Biology of Ciliated Protozoa Publication Trend ...

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Two specific nose cell types have been identified as likely initial infection points for COVID-19 coronavirus. Scientists discovered that goblet and ciliated cells in the nose have high levels of ...

Microscopic image showing stem cells in young (left) and old (right) airways with cell nuclei seen in blue, airway basal stem cells seen in red and ciliated cells seen in green.

Goblet cells in the nose and subsegmental bronchi also show ACE2 expression – at higher levels than on ciliated cells, in fact. This could explain how SARS-CoV-2 infects these cells ...

SARS-CoV-2 replication targets nasal ciliated cells early in COVID-19 infection. The establishment of nasal mucosal immunity against SARS-CoV-2 through a nasal vaccine could be the most efficient ...