eBook: Ciliary

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetic disease characterized ... Despite first descriptions of the ciliary defect in PCD in (Received in original form ... [more...]

special interest in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, Royal Brompton Hospital, London SW3 6NP ... Keywords: Primary ciliary dyskinesia, nitric oxide, airway inflammation, ciliopathy ... [more...]

microtubule doublet is transposed to the center of the ciliary axo ... Primary ciliary dyskinesia may be caused by one of a number. of different ciliary ultrastructural defects, ... [more...]

Transmission electron microscopy in the diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia. ... Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is an autosomal recessive disease with ... [more...]

Smooth muscle tumors of the ciliary body are extremely rare. ... todermal leiomyoma of the ciliary body were reported, however, there was no report. of ... [more...]

A ciliary biopsy is taken to help either diagnose or exclude a diagnosis of a condition ... At Addenbrooke's Hospital a ciliary biopsy is performed either at a ... [more...]

mass at the right temporal ciliary body, accompanied by. total retinal ... Low-grade mesectodermal leiomyosarcoma of the ciliary body in a 12-year-old boy. ... [more...]

Ultrasound biomicroscopy revealed annular ciliary. body detachment in each eye. In 4 eyes, ... group, ciliary detachment is absent or, if present, is not. sufficient ... [more...]

The energy cost for various ciliary filter feeders shows that useful ... fluid mechanical principles and tools for studying ciliary functions is given. ... [more...]

The ciliary smooth muscle is composed of longitudinal and radial fibers ... Importantly, the ciliary muscle is located at the crossroad between ... [more...]

Primary ciliary dyskinesia: current state of the art. Andrew Bush, Rahul Chodhari, Nicola Collins, Fiona Copeland, Pippa Hall, Jonny Harcourt, ... [more...]

was noted in the ciliary body na- sally adjacent to the epibulbar ... grayish-white mass at the site of a surgical coloboma of the ciliary body. ... [more...]

on the NPE or on the PE side of ciliary processes or epithelial bilayer ... the ciliary process preparations on both sides with one single concen ... [more...]

tial ciliary ultrastructural defects, especially those in ... and function correspond to primary ciliary dyskine- sia (PCD), including Kartagener's ... [more...]

From the characteristic pattern of ciliary motion called the Ludloff ... ciliary beatings generates a rotational force and orients the cell toward the ... [more...]

The ciliary body of the eye is a nonneural tissue that is derived from the ... Our results suggest that the ciliary body has the capacity to generate retinal ... [more...]

Ciliary ganglia were dissected from stage 40 White Leghorn chick ... in chick ciliary ganglion neurons using a recorded ciliary ganglion neuron ... [more...]

Together, our findings help define a ciliary. transcriptome and suggest that DYF-13, an ... ciliary axonemes in both. Other excellent candidate and known ciliary ... [more...]

The effects of ciliary neurotrophic factor on neurological function and glial ... Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) has been implicated in the ... [more...]

Elongated ciliary processes. were attached to the nasal aspect of the posterior lens (Fig ... large arrow) and medial ciliary body (small arrow) related to the ... [more...]

Aqueous humor: watery fluid secreted from the ciliary bodies and ciliary processes that acts. like the blood for the anterior chamber structures and cornea. ... [more...]

(e) The ciliary body is composed mainly of a circular band of smooth muscle ... (f) When the ciliary muscle contracts it pulls the sclera inward, all around; ... [more...]

Living with primary ciliary dyskinesia: a prospective qualitative ... We are very grateful to Carol Polak and the officers of the Primary Ciliary ... [more...]

control of ciliary activity in the marine mussel Mytilus edulis. Cell Mol Res 6:17–30 ... modulates ciliary beating in the gills of a venerid clam, Merc ... [more...]

nents of the ciliary ultrastructure, have been. proved to date to ... a large group of primary ciliary dyskinesia/Kartagener syndrome (PCD/KS) patients ... [more...]

We used the avian ciliary ganglion to dissect the relative ... of ciliary neurons rescued with -btx were significantly larger; however, differences in nerve ... [more...]

Vascular tunic - has three regions: choroid, ciliary body, and iris ... Ciliary body - a thickened ring of tissue surrounding the lens that is composed ... [more...]

Aqueous humour is produced in the ciliary processes by. active transport and diffusion. ... the ciliary muscle on the scleral spur and the uveal meshwork opens the tissue ... [more...]

Volume-sensitive chloride current in pigmented ciliary epithelial ... across the ciliary epithelium: lessons from cultured cells and. proposed role of the ... [more...]