Nicholas Katsanis of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and his colleagues, who have studied the role of cilia in human disease, wondered whether the organelles might be involved in higher order touch sensations. (sciencemag.org)
The study shows lithium chloride, a drug often used to treat bipolar disorder, can increase the size of primary cilia in several cell types. (sciencedaily.com)
RFX3 governs growth and beating efficiency of motile cilia in mouse and controls genes involved in human ciliopathies. (inmg.fr)