Gli proteins: regulation in development and cancer

P Niewiadomski, SM Niedziółka, Ł Markiewicz… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Gli proteins are transcriptional effectors of the Hedgehog signaling pathway. They play key
roles in the development of many organs and tissues, and are deregulated in birth defects …

The Joubert–Meckel–nephronophthisis spectrum of ciliopathies

JC Van De Weghe, A Gomez… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The Joubert syndrome (JS), Meckel syndrome (MKS), and nephronophthisis (NPH)
ciliopathy spectrum could be the poster child for advances and challenges in Mendelian …

Intraflagellar transport proteins as regulators of primary cilia length

W Wang, BM Jack, HH Wang… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Primary cilia are small, antenna-like organelles that detect and transduce chemical and
mechanical cues in the extracellular environment, regulating cell behavior and, in turn …

Dysfunction of the ciliary ARMC9/TOGARAM1 protein module causes Joubert syndrome

BL Latour, JC Van De Weghe… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Joubert syndrome (JBTS) is a recessive neurodevelopmental ciliopathy characterized by a
pathognomonic hindbrain malformation. All known JBTS genes encode proteins involved in …

Balancing the length of the distal tip by septins is key for stability and signalling function of primary cilia

T Kanamaru, A Neuner, B Kurtulmus… - The EMBO Journal, 2022 - embopress.org
Primary cilia are antenna‐like organelles required for signalling transduction. How cilia
structure is mechanistically maintained at steady‐state to promote signalling is largely …

Hedgehog signaling and the primary cilium: implications for spatial and temporal constraints on signaling

EK Ho, T Stearns - Development, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
The mechanisms of vertebrate Hedgehog signaling are linked to the biology of the primary
cilium, an antenna-like organelle that projects from the surface of most vertebrate cell types …

Loss of ARL13 impedes BBSome-dependent cargo export from Chlamydomonas cilia

J Dai, G Zhang, RA Alkhofash, B Mekonnen… - Journal of Cell …, 2022 - rupress.org
The GTPase Arl13b participates in ciliary protein transport, but its contribution to
intraflagellar transport (IFT), the main motor-based protein shuttle of cilia, remains largely …

IHH, SHH, and primary cilia mediate epithelial-stromal cross-talk during decidualization in mice

B Li, YP Yan, YY He, C Liang, MY Li, Y Wang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The establishment of pregnancy depends on interactions between the epithelial and stromal
cells of the endometrium that drive the decidual reaction that remodels the stroma and …

Chlamydomonas PKD2 organizes mastigonemes, hair-like glycoprotein polymers on cilia

P Liu, X Lou, JL Wingfield, J Lin, D Nicastro… - Journal of Cell …, 2020 - rupress.org
Mutations in the channel protein PKD2 cause autosomal dominant polycystic kidney
disease, but the function of PKD2 in cilia remains unclear. Here, we show that PKD2 targets …

Cilia, neural development and disease

SK Suciu, T Caspary - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Neural development requires a series of cellular events starting with cell specification,
proliferation, and migration. Subsequently, axons and dendrites project from the cell surface …