These are covered with tiny hair-like projections called cilia. Mucus is mostly water and a gel-forming molecule called mucin. Special secretory cells called goblet cells are the predominant ...

The goblet cells secrete mucin proteins in a matrix composed of water, complex sugars, salts which form the mucus. This matrix is distributed evenly on the surface of the epithelium by the ...

Mucin is vital to trap disease-causing germs, dust and particles, which are then cleared away by the body’s cilia. Goblet cells in the nose and subsegmental bronchi also show ACE2 expression ...

In the former he found that the bronchial epithelium contained more goblet cells, shorter cilia and a thicker epithelium. In this group Chang was impressed by the more conspicuous basal-cell ...

EZH2 suppresses cilia genes so malignant cells have less cilia. This loss of cilia activates some of the carcinogenic signaling pathways, resulting in aggressive metastatic melanoma .

researchers could see that cells sporting cilia were infected with the coronavirus. But mucus-producing cells called goblet cells, which don’t have cilia, were rarely infected. That may be ...

Specialized cells in our bodies have custom genetic Xerox machines to make a ton of fibrous cilia, scientists at John Hopkins University School of Medicine have found. Most cells in the body have ...

But these cells also sport simpler, hairlike protrusions called cilia. Long overlooked, the little stubs may actually have big jobs in the brain. Researchers are turning up roles for nerve cell ...

A group of rare diseases called ciliopathies — polycystic kidney disease notable among them — emerge from defects in cilia. These are the tiny hairlike structures on the surface of almost every cell ...