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ARL13B regulates Sonic hedgehog signaling from outside primary cilia
eLife, 2020 ARL13B is a regulatory GTPase highly enriched in cilia. Complete loss of Arl13b disrupts cilia architecture, protein trafficking and Sonic hedgehog signaling. To determine whether ARL13B is required within cilia, we knocked in a cilia-excluded variant of
Eduardo D Gigante +4 more
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Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2017 The ciliopathies Bardet-Biedl syndrome and Alström syndrome cause obesity. How ciliary dysfunction leads to obesity has remained mysterious, partly because of a lack of understanding of the physiological roles of primary cilia in the organs and pathways involved in the regulation of metabolism and energy homeostasis.
Vaisse, Christian +2 more
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BioScience, 2014 In recent decades, cilia have moved from relative obscurity to a position of importance for understanding multiple complex human diseases. Now termed the ciliopathies, these diseases inflict devastating effects on millions of people worldwide. In this review, written primarily for teachers and students who may not yet be aware of the recent exciting ...
Brown, Jason M., Witman, George B.
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IFT proteins spatially control the geometry of cleavage furrow ingression and lumen positioning
Nature Communications, 2017 Cytokinesis relies on central spindle organization and provides a spatial landmark for lumen formation. Here, the authors show that intraflagellar transport proteins are required for the localization of the cytokinetic regulator Aurora B and subsequent ...
Nicolas Taulet +8 more
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The Importance of Zebrafish in Biomedical Research
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2013 Introduction: Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is an ideal model organism for the study of vertebrate development. This is due to the large clutches that each couple produces, with up to 200 embryos every 7 days, and to the fact that the embryos and larvae are ...
Bárbara Tavares, Susana Santos Lopes
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Identification and characterization of a novel allele of Caenorhabditis elegans bbs-7. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Primary cilia play a role in the sensation of and response to the surrounding environment. Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) have primary cilia only on the distal tips of some dendrites.
Kara Braunreiter +2 more
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Functional modulation of IFT kinesins extends the sensory repertoire of ciliated neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans [PDF]
, 2006 The diversity of sensory cilia on Caenorhabditis elegans neurons allows the animal to detect a variety of sensory stimuli. Sensory cilia are assembled by intraflagellar transport (IFT) kinesins, which transport ciliary precursors, bound to IFT particles,
James E. Evans +20 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 The base of the cilium comprising the transition zone (TZ) and transition fibers (TF) acts as a selecting gate to regulate the intraflagellar transport (IFT)-dependent trafficking of proteins to and from cilia.
Khodor S. Hazime +5 more
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A dynamical model of the spindle position checkpoint
Molecular Systems Biology, 2012 The orientation of the mitotic spindle with respect to the polarity axis is crucial for the accuracy of asymmetric cell division. In budding yeast, a surveillance mechanism called the spindle position checkpoint (SPOC) prevents exit from mitosis when the
Ayse Koca Caydasi +5 more
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The effects of acute hydrogen peroxide exposure on respiratory cilia motility and viability [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 COVID-19 has seen the propagation of alternative remedies to treat respiratory disease, such as nebulization of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). As H2O2 has known cytotoxicity, it was hypothesised that H2O2 inhalation would negatively impact respiratory cilia ...
Richard Francis
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