05 April 2025
Hearing Cilia Details
Here, researchers reveal the details of protein interactions in stereocilia – the whiskery structures of hair cells of the inner ear – that are vital for hearing. They identify a protein called CIB2 (calcium and integrin binding protein 2) as key for development and maintenance of stereocilia
Read the published research article here
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- Image from work by Arnaud P. J. Giese, Andrew Parker and Zubair M. Ahmed, and colleagues
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Published in Disease Models & Mechanisms, April 2025
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