Signaling through the primary cilium

G Wheway, L Nazlamova, JT Hancock - Frontiers in cell and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The presence of single, non-motile “primary” cilia on the surface of epithelial cells has been
well described since the 1960s. However, for decades these organelles were believed to be …

Notch signalling: multifaceted role in development and disease

N Sachan, V Sharma, M Mutsuddi… - The FEBS …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Notch pathway is an evolutionarily conserved signalling system that operates to influence an
astonishing array of cell fate decisions in different developmental contexts. Notch signalling …

Cilia function as calcium-mediated mechanosensors that instruct left-right asymmetry

L Djenoune, M Mahamdeh, TV Truong, CT Nguyen… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The breaking of bilateral symmetry in most vertebrates is critically dependent upon the
motile cilia of the embryonic left-right organizer (LRO), which generate a directional fluid …

CiliaQ: a simple, open-source software for automated quantification of ciliary morphology and fluorescence in 2D, 3D, and 4D images

JN Hansen, S Rassmann, B Stüven… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
Cilia are hair-like membrane protrusions that emanate from the surface of most vertebrate
cells and are classified into motile and primary cilia. Motile cilia move fluid flow or propel …

Structures and functions of cilia during vertebrate embryo development

JD Amack - Molecular reproduction and development, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cilia are hair‐like structures that project from the surface of cells. In vertebrates, most cells
have an immotile primary cilium that mediates cell signaling, and some specialized cells …

Understanding laterality disorders and the left-right organizer: Insights from zebrafish

K Forrest, AC Barricella, SA Pohar… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Vital internal organs display a left-right (LR) asymmetric arrangement that is established
during embryonic development. Disruption of this LR asymmetry—or laterality—can result in …

Unmasking the relevance of hemispheric asymmetries—Break on through (to the other side)

M Esteves, SS Lopes, A Almeida, N Sousa… - Progress in …, 2020 - Elsevier
The pioneer works of Marc Dax and Paul Broca on the association between left hemisphere
injuries and speech impairments, revealed one of the most intriguing properties of the brain …

Impact of motile ciliopathies on human development and clinical consequences in the newborn

RM Hyland, SL Brody - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Motile cilia are hairlike organelles that project outward from a tissue-restricted subset of cells
to direct fluid flow. During human development motile cilia guide determination of the left …

PCD Genes—From Patients to Model Organisms and Back to Humans

M Niziolek, M Bicka, A Osinka, Z Samsel… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a hereditary genetic disorder caused by the lack of motile
cilia or the assembxly of dysfunctional ones. This rare human disease affects 1 out of 10,000 …

Rab35 controls cilium length, function and membrane composition

S Kuhns, C Seixas, S Pestana, B Tavares… - EMBO …, 2019 - embopress.org
Rab and Arl guanine nucleotide‐binding (G) proteins regulate trafficking pathways essential
for the formation, function and composition of primary cilia, which are sensory devices …