Methods: We performed immunostaining on human skin and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and visualized primary cilium. Result and discussion: We show that human dendritic cells (DCs) and LCs ...

By reexamining 3D images used to map the connections between brain cells, researchers are uncovering new information about a small, elusive, and often overlooked cellular appendage.

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 ...

The links between primary cilia and major mental illness have been demonstrated to exist at several levels, spanning genetics, signalling pathways, and pharmacology as well as cell division and ...

Distal appendages are nine-fold symmetric blade-like structures attached to the distal end of the mother centriole. These structures are critical for formation of the primary cilium, by regulating at ...

Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy lifting in the ...