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 …

Cargo adapters expand the transport range of intraflagellar transport

K Lechtreck - Journal of cell science, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
The assembly and maintenance of most cilia and eukaryotic flagella depends on
intraflagellar transport (IFT), the bidirectional movement of multi-megadalton IFT trains along …

[HTML][HTML] Omega-3 fatty acids activate ciliary FFAR4 to control adipogenesis

KI Hilgendorf, CT Johnson, A Mezger, SL Rice… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Adult mesenchymal stem cells, including preadipocytes, possess a cellular sensory
organelle called the primary cilium. Ciliated preadipocytes abundantly populate perivascular …

Human IFT-A complex structures provide molecular insights into ciliary transport

M Jiang, VR Palicharla, D Miller, SH Hwang, H Zhu… - Cell Research, 2023 - nature.com
Intraflagellar transport (IFT) complexes, IFT-A and IFT-B, form bidirectional trains that move
along the axonemal microtubules and are essential for assembling and maintaining cilia …

Progressive liver, kidney, and heart degeneration in children and adults affected by TULP3 mutations

J Devane, E Ott, EG Olinger, D Epting, E Decker… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - cell.com
Organ fibrosis is a shared endpoint of many diseases, yet underlying mechanisms are not
well understood. Several pathways governed by the primary cilium, a sensory antenna …

Cooperation of the IFT-A complex with the IFT-B complex is required for ciliary retrograde protein trafficking and GPCR import

T Kobayashi, Y Ishida, T Hirano, Y Katoh… - Molecular biology of …, 2021 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Cilia sense and transduce extracellular signals via specific receptors. The intraflagellar
transport (IFT) machinery mediates not only bidirectional protein trafficking within cilia but …

Transport and barrier mechanisms that regulate ciliary compartmentalization and ciliopathies

AL Moran, L Louzao-Martinez, DP Norris… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Primary cilia act as cell surface antennae, coordinating cellular responses to sensory inputs
and signalling molecules that regulate developmental and homeostatic pathways. Cilia are …

Cilia and polycystic kidney disease

M Ma - Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Polycystic kidney disease (PKD), comprising autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
(ADPKD) and autosomal recessive polycystic kidney d isease (ARPKD), is characterized by …

Interactions between TULP3 tubby domain and ARL13B amphipathic helix promote lipidated protein transport to cilia

VR Palicharla, SH Hwang, BN Somatilaka… - Molecular biology of …, 2023 - Am Soc Cell Biol
The primary cilium is a nexus for cell signaling and relies on specific protein trafficking for
function. The tubby family protein TULP3 transports integral membrane proteins into cilia …

Tulp3 is a ciliary trafficking gene that regulates polycystic kidney disease

E Legué, KF Liem - Current Biology, 2019 - cell.com
The primary cilium is an organelle essential for cell signaling pathways. One of the most
common human genetic diseases is autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease …