Local synchronization of cilia and tissue-scale cilia alignment are sufficient for global metachronal waves
C. Ringers, S. Bialonski, A. Solovev, J. N. Hansen, M. Ege, B. M. Friedrich, N. Jurisch-Yaksi
The paper shows that local cilia synchronization and tissue-scale alignment generate metachronal waves, enhancing fluid pumping in multiciliated epithelia.
bioRxiv · Nov 23, 2021Biophysics