Laure M G Petit, Randa Belgacemi, Julien Ancel, Lynda Saber Cherif, Myriam Polette, Jeanne-Marie Perotin, Nathalie Spassky, Charles Pilette, Denise Al Alam, Gaëtan Deslée, Valérian Dormoy
Cilia are organelles emanating from the cell surface, consisting of an axoneme of microtubules that extends from a basal body derived from the centrioles. They are either isolated and nonmotile (primary cilia), or grouped and motile (motile cilia). Cilia are at the centre of fundamental sensory processes and are involved in a wide range of human disorders. Pulmonary cilia include motile cilia lining the epithelial cells of the conductive airways to orchestrate mucociliary clearance, and primary cilia found on nondifferentiated epithelial and mesenchymal cells acting as sensors and cell cycle keepers...
December 31, 2023: European Respiratory Review: An Official Journal of the European Respiratory Society