Establishing and regulating the composition of cilia for signal transduction

MV Nachury, DU Mick - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
The primary cilium is a hair-like surface-exposed organelle of the eukaryotic cell that
decodes a variety of signals—such as odorants, light and Hedgehog morphogens—by …

Mouse models of inherited retinal degeneration with photoreceptor cell loss

GB Collin, N Gogna, B Chang, N Damkham, J Pinkney… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Inherited retinal degeneration (RD) leads to the impairment or loss of vision in millions of
individuals worldwide, most frequently due to the loss of photoreceptor (PR) cells. Animal …

Emerging principles of primary cilia dynamics in controlling tissue organization and function

J Gopalakrishnan, K Feistel, BM Friedrich… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Primary cilia project from the surface of most vertebrate cells and are key in sensing
extracellular signals and locally transducing this information into a cellular response. Recent …

Cilia signaling and obesity

SE Engle, R Bansal, PJ Antonellis… - Seminars in cell & …, 2021 - Elsevier
An emerging number of rare genetic disorders termed ciliopathies are associated with
pediatric obesity. It is becoming clear that the mechanisms associated with cilia dysfunction …

Maturation of the olfactory sensory neuron and its cilia

TS McClintock, N Khan, C Xie, JR Martens - Chemical Senses, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) are bipolar neurons, unusual because they turn over
continuously and have a multiciliated dendrite. The extensive changes in gene expression …

Neuronal cilia in energy homeostasis

KM Brewer, KK Brewer, NC Richardson… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A subset of genetic disorders termed ciliopathies are associated with obesity. The
mechanisms behind cilia dysfunction and altered energy homeostasis in these syndromes …

The primary cilium: Its role as a tumor suppressor organelle

E Peixoto, S Richard, K Pant, A Biswas… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The primary cilium is an organelle that nearly all cells within the body contain. Its function is
to sense the extracellular environment through its abundance of receptors and linked …

Technologies, strategies, and cautions when deconvoluting genome‐wide association signals: FTO in focus

MC Pahl, SFA Grant, RL Leibel… - Obesity …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Genome‐wide association studies have revealed a plethora of genetic variants that
correlate with polygenic conditions. However, causal molecular mechanisms have proven …

Primary cilia in the postnatal brain: Subcellular compartments for organizing neuromodulatory signaling

L Tereshko, GG Turrigiano, P Sengupta - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Primary cilia have well characterized roles in early brain development, relaying signals
critical for neurogenesis and brain formation during embryonic stages. Less understood are …

TFAP2B Haploinsufficiency Impacts Gastrointestinal Function and Leads to Pediatric Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction

A Zada, LE Kuil, BM de Graaf, N Kakiailatu… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background: Pediatric Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction (PIPO) is a congenital enteric disorder
characterized by severe gastrointestinal (GI) dysmotility, without mechanical obstruction …