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SUBMITTER: Nakamura R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7468155 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nakamura Ryosuke R Katsuno Tatsuya T Kishimoto Yo Y Kaba Shinji S Yoshimatsu Masayoshi M Kitamura Morimasa M Suehiro Atsushi A Hiwatashi Nao N Yamashita Masaru M Tateya Ichiro I Omori Koichi K
Scientific reports 20200902 1
Multiciliated epithelial cells in the airway are essential for mucociliary clearance. Their function relies on coordinated, metachronal and directional ciliary beating, appropriate mucus secretion and airway surface hydration. However, current conventional methods for observing human airway ciliary movement require ciliated cells to be detached from airway tissues. Determining the directionality of cilia is difficult. We developed a novel method to stain airway epithelial cilia to observe their ...[more]