Vito Mennella

This study uses volume EM to reveal the three-dimensional structure of desmosomes in epithelial cells and identifies novel features like discontinuities in the outer dense plaque.

This study reveals a communication axis between motile cilia, rootlets, and mitochondria in respiratory epithelium, enhancing ciliary motility and ATP production.

This study shows RPGR variants impair motile cilia in airway multiciliated cells by causing apical F-actin accumulation, leading to reduced ciliation, shorter cilia, and impaired cilia beat.

The paper identifies a novel short ACE2 isoform expressed in respiratory epithelia that is upregulated by interferon and RNA virus infection but not SARS-CoV-2, and shows reduced SARS-CoV-2 binding affinity.

The paper uses super-resolution imaging to reveal a novel hybrid cilium in airway multiciliated cells and its role as a signaling center.