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The proper development of the vocal cords requires embryos to contain a certain number of progenitor cells, and mutations that lead to an overflow of cells can cause malformations of the voice box.
Ralph Marcucio
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Translational Retinal Research and Therapies. [PDF]
The following review summarizes the state of the art in representative aspects of gene therapy/translational medicine and evolves from a symposium held at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania on November 16, 2017 honoring Dr ...
Aguirre, Gustavo D +7 more
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Functional modelling of a novel mutation in BBS5. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is an autosomal recessive ciliopathy disorder with 18 known causative genes (BBS1-18). The primary clinical features are renal abnormalities, rod-cone dystrophy, post-axial polydactyly, learning difficulties ...
Al-Fadhly, F. +9 more
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Abstract Background Primary cilia are microtubule‐based organelles, extending from the surface of vascular endothelial cells to sense extracellular signaling cues and fluid‐shear stress. Cilia dysfunctions (ciliopathies) manifest a broad range of symptoms, including vascular dysfunction, hypertension (HTN) and cognitive and memory dysfunction.
Clare Sunderman +4 more
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Syndromic ciliopathy: a taiwanese single-center study
Background Syndromic ciliopathies are a group of congenital disorders characterized by broad clinical and genetic overlap, including obesity, visual problems, skeletal anomalies, mental retardation, and renal diseases. The hallmark of the pathophysiology
Yu-Wen Pan +10 more
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Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is an orphan disease (MIM 244400), autosomal recessive inherited, characterized by motile ciliary dysfunction. The estimated prevalence of PCD is 1:10,000 to 1:20,000 live-born children, but true prevalence could be even ...
Virginia Mirra +4 more
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The importance of a single primary cilium [PDF]
The centrosome is the main microtubule-organizing center in animal cells, and helps to influence the morphology of the microtubule cytoskeleton in interphase and mitosis. The centrosome also templates the assembly of the primary cilium, and together they
Mahjoub, Moe R
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Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS; MIM 209900) is a rare ciliopathy characterized by retinitis pigmentosa, postaxial polydactyly, obesity, hypogonadism, cognitive impairment and kidney dysfunction.
Elise Schaefer +12 more
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