Three types of ependymal cells with intracellular calcium oscillation are characterized by distinct cilia beating properties

Survivin-Induced Abnormal Ploidy Contributes to Cystic Kidney and Aneurysm Formation

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Disruption of the mouse Jhy gene causes abnormal ciliary microtubule patterning and juvenile hydrocephalus

(2013) Oliver K. Appelbe et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

FoxJ1-expressing cells contribute to neurogenesis in forebrain of adult rats: Evidence from in vivo electroporation combined with piggyBac transposon

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Cilostazol Prevents Endothelin-Induced Smooth Muscle Constriction and Proliferation

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Cilia Organize Ependymal Planar Polarity

(2010) Z. Mirzadeh et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Coupling between hydrodynamic forces and planar cell polarity orients mammalian motile cilia

(2010) Boris Guirao et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Lack of cadherins Celsr2 and Celsr3 impairs ependymal ciliogenesis, leading to fatal hydrocephalus

(2010) Fadel Tissir et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Ciliary Polycystin-2 Is a Mechanosensitive Calcium Channel Involved in Nitric Oxide Signaling Cascades

(2009) Wissam A. AbouAlaiwi et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

A Novel Mouse Model Reveals that Polycystin-1 Deficiency in Ependyma and Choroid Plexus Results in Dysfunctional Cilia and Hydrocephalus

(2009) Claas Wodarczyk et al.   PLoS One

Primary Cilia: Highly Sophisticated Biological Sensors

(2009) Wissam Abou Alaiwi et al.   SENSORS

PACAP27 regulates ciliary function in primary cultures of rat brain ependymal cells

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