How the ciliary membrane is organized inside-out to communicate outside-in

G Garcia, DR Raleigh, JF Reiter - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
Cilia, organelles that move to execute functions like fertilization and signal to execute
functions like photoreception and embryonic patterning, are composed of a core of nine-fold …

Bardet-Biedl syndrome: current perspectives and clinical outlook

A Melluso, F Secondulfo, G Capolongo… - … and Clinical Risk …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Bardet Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare inherited disorder considered a model of
non-motile ciliopathy. It is in fact caused by mutations of genes encoding for proteins mainly …

An actin network dispatches ciliary GPCRs into extracellular vesicles to modulate signaling

AR Nager, JS Goldstein, V Herranz-Pérez, D Portran… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Signaling receptors dynamically exit cilia upon activation of signaling pathways such as
Hedgehog. Here, we find that when activated G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) fail to …

Meta‐analysis of genotype‐phenotype associations in Bardet‐Biedl syndrome uncovers differences among causative genes

V Niederlova, M Modrak, O Tsyklauri… - Human …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bardet‐Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a recessive genetic disease causing multiple organ
anomalies. Most patients carry mutations in genes encoding for the subunits of the BBSome …

Retinal ciliopathies through the lens of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome: past, present and future

B Chandra, ML Tung, Y Hsu, T Scheetz… - Progress in retinal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The primary cilium is a highly specialized and evolutionary conserved organelle in
eukaryotes that plays a significant role in cell signaling and trafficking. Over the past few …

Ciliary parathyroid hormone signaling activates transforming growth factor-β to maintain intervertebral disc homeostasis during aging

L Zheng, Y Cao, S Ni, H Qi, Z Ling, X Xu, X Zou, T Wu… - Bone Research, 2018 - nature.com
Degenerative disc disease (DDD) is associated with intervertebral disc degeneration of
spinal instability. Here, we report that the cilia of nucleus pulposus (NP) cells mediate …

Primary cilia mediate parathyroid hormone receptor type 1 osteogenic actions in osteocytes and osteoblasts via Gli activation

E Martín‐Guerrero, I Tirado‐Cabrera… - Journal of Cellular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanical stimulation of primary cilia in osteocytes and osteoblasts has been proposed as
a mechanism that participates in bone cell survival and skeletal remodeling. Among different …

Structural determinants of a conserved enantiomer-selective carvone binding pocket in the human odorant receptor OR1A1

C Geithe, J Protze, F Kreuchwig, G Krause… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2017 - Springer
Chirality is a common phenomenon within odorants. Most pairs of enantiomers show only
moderate differences in odor quality. One example for enantiomers that are easily …

Multiple ciliary localization signals control INPP5E ciliary targeting

D Cilleros-Rodriguez, R Martin-Morales, P Barbeito… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Primary cilia are sensory membrane protrusions whose dysfunction causes ciliopathies.
INPP5E is a ciliary phosphoinositide phosphatase mutated in ciliopathies like Joubert …

Ciliary membrane, localised lipid modification and cilia function

P Dutta, K Ray - Journal of Cellular Physiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cilium, a tiny microtubule‐based cellular appendage critical for cell signalling and
physiology, displays a large variety of receptors. The composition and turnover of ciliary …