A new study overthrows the widely held notion that the primary cilium is an organelle important only during development and in rare diseases, and reveals distinct roles for sub-compartments of this ...

Primary cilia are sensory organelles present on the cell surface; however, their physical structure has not been defined due to technical reasons. A new PNAS study examined primary cilia in human ...

Some see a finger. Others, a worm. Scientists often call it an antenna. This tiny structure, sticking out from the surface of most human cells, is known as the primary cilium. Though nearly every cell ...

Loss of primary cilia results in the downregulation of PD-L1 expression, which contributes to unrestrained local T cell proliferation and activation. Ciliopathies are multisystem disorders ...

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. Cilium is a software project. It is also the name of a membrane-bound organelle found on most types of eukaryotic ...

Some might say it looks like a finger. Others might see a worm. Scientists in the field often liken it to an antenna. The technical name is primary cilium. This slender, microscopic appendage juts out ...