Cellular signalling by primary cilia in development, organ function and disease

Z Anvarian, K Mykytyn, S Mukhopadhyay… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Primary cilia project in a single copy from the surface of most vertebrate cell types; they
detect and transmit extracellular cues to regulate diverse cellular processes during …

Ciliary signalling in cancer

H Liu, AA Kiseleva, EA Golemis - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
Although tumours initiate from oncogenic changes in a cancer cell, subsequent tumour
progression and therapeutic response depend on interactions between the cancer cells and …

Dauer-independent insulin/IGF-1-signalling implicates collagen remodelling in longevity

CY Ewald, JN Landis, JP Abate, CT Murphy… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Interventions that delay ageing mobilize mechanisms that protect and repair cellular
components,,, but it is unknown how these interventions might slow the functional decline of …

Ins and outs of GPCR signaling in primary cilia

KB Schou, LB Pedersen, ST Christensen - EMBO reports, 2015 - embopress.org
Primary cilia are specialized microtubule‐based signaling organelles that convey
extracellular signals into a cellular response in most vertebrate cell types. The physiological …

[PDF][PDF] The cilium secretes bioactive ectosomes

CR Wood, K Huang, DR Diener, JL Rosenbaum - Current Biology, 2013 - cell.com
The release of membrane vesicles from the surface of cells into their surrounding
environment is now recognized as an important pathway for the delivery of proteins to …

[HTML][HTML] The genome-wide role of HSF-1 in the regulation of gene expression in Caenorhabditis elegans

J Brunquell, S Morris, Y Lu, F Cheng, SD Westerheide - BMC genomics, 2016 - Springer
Background The heat shock response, induced by cytoplasmic proteotoxic stress, is one of
the most highly conserved transcriptional responses. This response, driven by the heat …

[HTML][HTML] Nek2 activation of Kif24 ensures cilium disassembly during the cell cycle

S Kim, K Lee, JH Choi, N Ringstad… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Many proteins are known to promote ciliogenesis, but mechanisms that promote primary
cilia disassembly before mitosis are largely unknown. Here we identify a mechanism that …

[HTML][HTML] ALMS1 and Alström syndrome: a recessive form of metabolic, neurosensory and cardiac deficits

T Hearn - Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2019 - Springer
Alström syndrome (AS) is characterised by metabolic deficits, retinal dystrophy,
sensorineural hearing loss, dilated cardiomyopathy and multi-organ fibrosis. Elucidating the …

Primary cilia and coordination of receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) and transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) signaling

ST Christensen, SK Morthorst… - Cold Spring …, 2017 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Since the beginning of the millennium, research in primary cilia has revolutionized our way
of understanding how cells integrate and organize diverse signaling pathways during …

Primary cilia defects causing mitral valve prolapse

KA Toomer, M Yu, D Fulmer, L Guo, KS Moore… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) affects 1 in 40 people and is the most common indication for
mitral valve surgery. MVP can cause arrhythmias, heart failure, and sudden cardiac death …