Afzelius BA, Mossberg B, Bergström S. Afzelius B.A., Mossberg B, Bergström S Afzelius, Björn A., et al.Immotile Cilia Syndrome (Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia), Including Kartagener Syndrome. In: Valle D, Beaudet AL, Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, Antonarakis SE, Ballabio A, Gibson K, Mitchell G. Valle D, Beaudet A.L., Vogelstein B, Kinzler K.W., Antonarakis S.E., Ballabio A, Gibson K, Mitchell G Eds. David Valle, et al.eds. The Online Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2014. http://ommbid.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=971§ionid=62653323. Accessed January 22, 2018 ...

Kartagener syndrome is essentially a subtype of an inherited disorder called primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), a heterogeneous disease characterized by functionally abnormal cilia that are dysmotile or, rarely, absent. Defects of all of the axonemal structures, alone or in combination, have been identified in association with PCD. Overly long, overly short, and normally appearing but randomly oriented cilia have been associated with PCD and Kartagener syndrome. Finally, normal ciliary ultrastructure has been described in patients with the clinical picture of Kartagener syndrome. Lack of dynein arms, which are structures that form temporary cross-bridges between adjacent ciliary filaments and are believed to be responsible for generating movement in cilia and sperm tails, remains the most common defect identified (type 1) and the one classically associated with Kartagener syndrome. Cilia of the respiratory tract and sperms are dysmotile or nonfunctional. It has also been postulated that normal ...

Primary ciliary dyskinesia: mechanisms and management Nadirah Damseh,1 Nada Quercia,1,2 Nisreen Rumman,3 Sharon D Dell,4 Raymond H Kim5 1Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, 2Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 3Pediatric Department, Makassed Hospital, Jerusalem, Palestine; 4Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children, 5Fred A Litwin Family Centre in Genetic Medicine, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Abstract: Primary ciliary dyskinesia is a genetically heterogeneous disorder of motile cilia that is predominantly inherited in an autosomal-recessive fashion. It is associated with abnormal ciliary structure and/or function leading to chronic upper and lower respiratory tract infections, male infertility, and situs inversus. The estimated prevalence of primary ciliary dyskinesia is approximately

It is challenging to confirm a diagnosis of PCD in patients with a compatible clinical phenotype, but who do not have hallmark defects in ciliary ultrastructure. Some specialised centres use nNO measurement as an aid to diagnosis. A few centres use videomicroscopy to evaluate ciliary waveform to confirm the diagnosis, but this assay is difficult and limited in availability.. Mutations in DNAH11 have been reported in four families in which patients with PCD have normal ciliary ultrastructure.19-21 However, the prevalence of DNAH11 mutations, and genotype-ciliary phenotype correlations, are not well defined. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that mutations in DNAH11 are a relatively common cause of PCD in patients with normal ciliary ultrastructure. We studied a large number of well characterised patients with PCD and different ciliary ultrastructural phenotypes to determine the frequency of DNAH11 mutations in each group.25 In patients with normal ciliary ultrastructure, the clinical ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Mutations in PIH1D3 Cause X-Linked Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia with Outer and Inner Dynein Arm Defects. AU - Paff, Tamara. AU - Loges, Niki T.. AU - Aprea, Isabella. AU - Wu, Kaman. AU - Bakey, Zeineb. AU - Haarman, Eric G.. AU - Daniels, Johannes M.A.. AU - Sistermans, Erik A.. AU - Bogunovic, Natalija. AU - Dougherty, Gerard W.. AU - Höben, Inga M.. AU - Große-Onnebrink, Jörg. AU - Matter, Anja. AU - Olbrich, Heike. AU - Werner, Claudius. AU - Pals, Gerard. AU - Schmidts, Miriam. AU - Omran, Heymut. AU - Micha, Dimitra. PY - 2017/1/5. Y1 - 2017/1/5. N2 - Defects in motile cilia and sperm flagella cause primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), characterized by chronic airway disease, infertility, and left-right body axis disturbance. Here we report maternally inherited and de novo mutations in PIH1D3 in four men affected with PCD. PIH1D3 is located on the X chromosome and is involved in the preassembly of both outer (ODA) and inner (IDA) dynein arms of cilia and sperm flagella. ...

The veterinarian performs a simple cheek swab and sends it to the laboratory. The result, delivered within few days, indicates if the tested dog is clear, carrier or affected for Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia. A genetic certificate displaying the result must be used as a guarantee for a mating or to justify the sale of puppies clear of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia.. The veterinarian who notices early respiratory issues in a young Old English Sheepdog puppy can process a DNA test to confirm or refute the diagnosis of Ciliary Dyskinesia. If the dog is affected, parents have to be screened as well.. A breeder who knows the genetic status of the dog can select its breeding dogs, adapt matings, avoid the birth of affected puppies and limit the spread of this severe respiratory disease in the breed.. For more information on the PCD DNA test. Reproduction of the article is permitted if the source « ANTAGENE laboratory » is acknowledged ...

Background: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetic disease characterised by recurrent respiratory infections and subfertility due to dysfunction of cilia (brushes) of the lining cells. Undiagnosed and untreated it can result in an irreversible crippling chronic lung disease. The diagnosis of PCD is a difficult one and involves the complex assessment of ciliary structure and function. Thus, PCD is under diagnosed and appropriate preventative and symptomatic treatment may be denied in many patients. In addition, the gene responsible for PCD is at present unknown, thus preventing pre-natal diagnosis and genetic counseling.. Working hypothesis and aims: Recently, it has become apparent that the evaluation of nasally expired nitric oxide (NO) constitutes a simple and non-invasive diagnostic method, which discriminates between PCD patients, PCD carriers and healthy controls at high rate of specificity and sensitivity. Testing is simple and last approximately one minute. We have recently ...

Patients with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) suffer from recurrent upper and lower airway infections due to defects in the cilia present on the respiratory epithelium. Since chronic inflammatory conditions can cause changes in innate immune responses, we investigated whether monocytes isolated from the peripheral blood of pediatric PCD patients respond differently to inflammatory stimuli, compared to monocytes from healthy children and adults. The receptor for C5a (C5aR) was upregulated in PCD, whereas expression levels of the leukocyte chemoattractant receptors CCR1, CCR2, CCR5, BLT1 and FPR1 on PCD monocytes were similar to those on monocytes from healthy individuals. Also in vitro migration of PCD monocytes towards the ligands of those receptors (CCL2, fMLP, C5a and LTB4) was normal. Compared to healthy children, PCD patients had a higher percentage of the non-classic monocyte subset (CD14+CD16++) in circulation. Finally, PCD monocytes produced higher levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines ...

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), also called immotile ciliary syndrome or Kartagener syndrome, is a rare, ciliopathic, autosomal recessive genetic disorder that causes defects in the action of cilia lining the respiratory tract (lower and upper, sinuses, Eustachian tube, middle ear), fallopian tube, and flagella of sperm cells. The phrase immotile ciliary syndrome is no longer favored as the cilia do have movement, but are merely inefficient or unsynchronized. Respiratory epithelial motile cilia, which resemble microscopic hairs (although structurally and biologically unrelated to hair), are complex organelles that beat synchronously in the respiratory tract, moving mucus toward the throat. Normally, cilia beat 7 to 22 times per second, and any impairment can result in poor mucociliary clearance, with subsequent upper and lower respiratory infection. Cilia also are involved in other biological processes (such as nitric oxide production), which are currently the subject of dozens of research ...

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (DNAI2-related) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by pathogenic variants in the DNAI2 gene. While it is found in different ethnicities around the world, it is more prevalent in individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish descent due to the presence of a founder mutation. In affected patients, ciliary dysfunction results in chronic sinusitis and bronchiectasis, frequent bouts of pneumonia, and hearing loss associated with recurrent ear infections. Most infants require respiratory assistance in the first few weeks of life. Approximately half of all affected adult males are infertile due to sperm immobility. Situs inversus, a benign condition where the internal organs are found on the opposite side of the body, is a random occurrence and therefore is expected to occur in 50% of affected individuals. Some patients have abnormal left-right axis patterning resulting in organ malformations, including the heart. These patients may have a poor prognosis. No genotype-phenotype ...

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetically inherited condition. It is due to structural abnormalities of cilia, which are microscopic hairs found in organs and cells throughout the body. Patients with this condition typically develop upper respiratory tract symptoms such as sinusitis and glue ear, lower respiratory tract problems such as recurrent chest infections, and fertility problems. There is currently no evidence that patients with PCD have a higher incidence of balance problems. However, recent animal studies have shown that cilia may also be important in the development of part of the inner ear balance (vestibular) system, specifically the part that detects linear movement known as the otolith system.. The investigators hope to determine whether patients with PCD have absent or reduced otolith function compared to the normal population. Balance problems are not currently screened for in PCD patients, and could be unrecognized and therefore untreated. It is also possible that PCD ...

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is usually inherited as an autosomal recessive, and in classical form presents with upper and lower respiratory tract infection, and mirror image arrangement in around 50% cases. It is becoming appreciated that dysfunction of cilia is implicated in a wider spectrum of disease, including polycystic liver and kidney disease, central nervous system problems including retinopathy and hydrocephalus, and biliary atresia. Cilia are complex structures, containing more than 250 proteins, but recent studies have begun to locate PCD genes scattered throughout the genome. Screening tests for PCD include nasal nitric oxide and in vivo tests of ciliary motility such as the saccharin test. Specific diagnosis requires examination of cilia by light and electron microscopy, with epithelial culture in doubtful cases. This is only available in supra-regional centres, which have recently been centrally funded by NCG in order to provide a comprehensive, free diagnostic service in ...

Cilia have a modular organization at the ultrastructural level (Fig. 1), and the individual structural modules (for example, central pair, dynein arms, and radial spokes) are involved in different functions. For instance, the dynein arms or radial spokes are needed for motile but not for sensory functions, whereas ciliary membrane channels may be required for sensing but not for motion. Thus, a particular disease mutation can affect some particular subset of ciliary structural or functional features while leaving others intact.. This effect is clearly seen in primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), which is also known as immotile cilia syndrome. PCD generally involves defects in dynein arms, radial spokes, or the central pair (which is to say, components of the motile machinery). Defects in such structures would not be expected to affect signaling; for example, one does not typically observe polydactyly or other hedgehog signaling defects during development in PCD patients. Similarly, PCD patients do ...

Reduced mucociliary clearance in primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) causes recurrent infections of the upper and lower respiratory tract. The disease is usually inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. To identify a gene locus for PCD, we studied a l

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetic disorder often associated with chronic ear, sinus, and respiratory infections.

Dysplastic kidneys are prevalent in over 95% of all identified cases. When this occurs, microscopic cysts develop within the kidney and slowly destroy it, causing it to enlarge to 10 to 20 times its original size. The level of amniotic fluid within the womb may be significantly altered or remain normal, and a normal level of fluid should not be criteria for exclusion of diagnosis.[citation needed] Occipital encephalocele is present in 60% to 80% of all cases, and post-axial polydactyly is present in 55% to 75% of the total number of identified cases. Bowing or shortening of the limbs are also common.[citation needed] Finding at least two of the three phenotypic features of the classical triad, in the presence of normal karyotype, makes the diagnosis solid. Regular ultrasounds and pro-active prenatal care can usually detect symptoms early on in a pregnancy.[citation needed] ...

Ciliopathies are multiorgan system disorders caused by dysfunction of the primary cilium, a cytoskeletal appendage which plays essential roles in cellular homeostasis and organ development.1 ,2 Despite the common defective cilium complex, ciliopathies present diverse clinical features in addition to some overlapping phenotypes.1 ,3 The mechanism underlying the discordant clinical presentation of various ciliopathies has been poorly understood. Encouragingly, new revelations about cellular and developmental functions of ciliopathy associated genes have established an expanding network linking ciliopathies, cilium genes and their involvements in organ development, which provided an important stepping stone towards a better understanding of the genotype-phenotype correlation in these disorders.4 ,5. Meckel-Gruber syndrome (MKS) represents the severe end of the ciliopathy phenotypic spectrum. The disease is usually lethal shortly after birth, and affected children typically present with the triad of ...

Year 2018. Grant recipient: Claudia E. Kuhni. Lung function in patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia: an iPCD Cohort study.. Halbeisen FS1, Goutaki M1,2, Spycher BD1,2, Amirav I3,4,5, Behan L6,7, Boon M8, Hogg C9, Casaulta C2,10, Crowley S11, Haarman EG12, Karadag B13, Koerner-Rettberg C14, Loebinger MR15, Mazurek H16, Morgan L17, Nielsen KG18, Omran H19, Santamaria F20, Schwerk N21, Thouvenin G22,23,24, Yiallouros P25, Lucas JS6, Latzin P2, Kuehni CE1,. Eur Respir J. 2018 Aug 23;52(2). Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) has been considered a relatively mild disease, especially compared to cystic fibrosis (CF), but studies on lung function in PCD patients have been few and small.This study compared lung function from spirometry of PCD patients to normal reference values and to published data from CF patients. We calculated z-scores and % predicted values for forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) using the Global Lung Function Initiative 2012 values for 991 ...

PCD is a rare heterogeneous disorder characterized by impaired mucociliary clearance due to abnormal ciliary function, which is usually but not always associated with abnormal ciliary ultrastructure [1, 2]. Clinical manifestations are caused by impaired mucociliary clearance and include recurrent lower and upper respiratory tract symptoms which present soon after birth. Neonatal symptoms range in severity from mild transient tachypnoea to significant respiratory failure requiring prolonged respiratory support [3]. Recent data suggests that PCD has a progressive, and potentially severe long-term course of lower airway disease [4] with recurrent infections leading to bronchiectasis and impaired lung function. Male infertility is common since sperm flagella have a similar ultrastructure to cilia, whereas the incidence of female infertility and of ectopic pregnancy is uncertain but might be explained by immotile fallopian tube cilia [5]. Motile embryonic nodal cilia establish left-right asymmetry ...

Meckel-Gruber syndrome (MKS) is a severe autosomal recessively inherited disorder caused by mutations in genes that encode components of the primary cilium and basal body. Here we show that two MKS proteins, MKS1 and meckelin, that are required for centrosome migration and ciliogenesis interact with actin-binding isoforms of nesprin-2 (nuclear envelope spectrin repeat protein 2, also known as Syne-2 and NUANCE). Nesprins are important scaffold proteins for maintenance of the actin cytoskeleton, nuclear positioning and nuclear-envelope architecture. However, in ciliated-cell models, meckelin and nesprin-2 isoforms colocalized at filopodia prior to the establishment of cell polarity and ciliogenesis. Loss of nesprin-2 and nesprin-1 shows that both mediate centrosome migration and are then essential for ciliogenesis, but do not otherwise affect apical-basal polarity. Loss of meckelin (by siRNA and in a patient cell-line) caused a dramatic remodelling of the actin cytoskeleton, aberrant localization ...

PICADAR comprises seven predictive variables including full-term gestational age, admittance to a neonatal unit, neonatal chest symptoms, persistent perennial rhinitis, chronic ear and hearing symptoms, situs abnormalities, and presence of a cardiac defect; such items are easily ascertained and quick to compute in any clinical setting. We did not specify cardiac defects associated with laterality defects within the score because we want PICADAR to be used by nonspecialists. PICADAR was derived in a specialist PCD centre (UHS) and validated externally in another centre (RBH). Although these two diagnostic centres are both situated in Southern England, they have different demographic populations in terms of ethnicity, consanguinity and age at assessment. Good discriminant ability was maintained when used in the validation group with AUC 0.87. The process of developing a clinical prediction rule includes four stages before ever being implemented in routine practice (derivation, internal validation, ...

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As of March 2016, 6.36 Mb of sequence (83 genes, 1557 exons) generated in our lab was compared between Sanger and NextGen methodologies. We detected no differences between the two methods. The comparison involved 6400 total sequence variants (differences from the reference sequences). Of these, 6144 were nucleotide substitutions and 256 were insertions or deletions. About 65% of the variants were heterozygous and 35% homozygous. The insertions and deletions ranged in length from 1 to over 100 nucleotides.. In silico validation of insertions and deletions in 20 replicates of 5 genes was also performed. The validation included insertions and deletions of lengths between 1 and 100 nucleotides. Insertions tested in silico: 2200 between 1 and 5 nucleotides, 625 between 6 and 10 nucleotides, 29 between 11 and 20 nucleotides, 25 between 21 and 49 nucleotides, and 23 at or greater than 50 nucleotides, with the largest at 98 nucleotides. All insertions were detected. Deletions tested in silico: 1813 ...

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TY - JOUR. T1 - Kartagener-syndromás no kiviselt ikerterhessége. AU - Gávai, Márta. AU - Beke, A.. AU - Urbancsek, J.. AU - Murber, Ákos. PY - 2006. Y1 - 2006. N2 - In females, the immobility of the cilia in the fallopian tube may cause barrenness. Pregnancy does not affect the frequency and severity of existing bronchitis, bronchiectasia and bronchial asthma caused by primary ciliary dyskinesia. There is an increased risk of premature delivery in patients with Kartagener syndrome. Since assisted reproduction is often used, the risk of multiple gestations is higher. Along with multiple gestation comes the increased risk of premature delivery, not only because of the presence of multiple fetuses and uterine stretching, but also because the increased size of the uterus presses against the already poorly functioning maternal lungs and can lead to infection and early rupture of the membranes. In cases where a cesarean section becomes necessary, it is very important to use the appropriate ...

Recent studies of the primary cilium have begun to provide further insights into ciliary ultrastructure, with an emerging picture of complex compartmentalization and molecular components that combine in functional modules. Many proteins that are mutated in ciliopathies are localized to the transition zone, a compartment of the proximal region of the cilium. The loss of these components can disrupt ciliary functions such as the control of protein entry and exit from the cilium, the possible trafficking of essential ciliary components, and the regulation of signaling cascades and control of the cell cycle. The discovery of functional modules within the primary cilium may help in understanding the variable phenotypes and pleiotropy in ciliopathies.

Despite living with four lung conditions, including Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), Bridget is a bubbly and positive young woman who tries to always look on the bright side of life. Its the life-long friendships made with others living with PAH, the love and support of her family and the motivation of her role models that encourage and inspire Bridget to live her best life. This is her story. My name is Bridget, I am 25 years old and I live in Narangba, Queensland with a friend. We both recently moved into Specialised Disability Accommodation. My Assistance Dog Lily also moved with me. I have four lung conditions: Kartagener Syndrome, Bronchiectasis, Reactive Small Airways Disease and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH). I was diagnosed with Kartagener Syndrome at 3 months old. It is a genetic disorder which I had to deal with a lot growing up, as I got bullied in school for having a runny nose. The journey to my diagnosis of PAH was six months after I first started getting severe ...

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Ciliopathies are clinically overlapping genetic disorders involving structural and functional abnormalities of cilia. Currently, there are no small-molecule drugs available to treat ciliary defects in ciliopathies. Our phenotype-based screen identified the flavonoid eupatilin and its analogs as lead compounds for developing ciliopathy medication. CEP290, a gene mutated in several ciliopathies, encodes a protein that forms a complex with NPHP5 to support the function of the ciliary transition zone. Eupatilin relieved ciliogenesis and ciliary receptor delivery defects resulting from deletion of CEP290. In rd16 mice harboring a blinding Cep290 in-frame deletion, eupatilin treatment improved both opsin transport to the photoreceptor outer segment and electrophysiological responses of the retina to light stimulation. The rescue effect was due to eupatilin-mediated inhibition of calmodulin binding to NPHP5, which promoted NPHP5 recruitment to the ciliary base. Our results suggest that deficiency of a ...

Ciliopathies are clinically overlapping genetic disorders involving structural and functional abnormalities of cilia. Currently, there are no small-molecule drugs available to treat ciliary defects in ciliopathies. Our phenotype-based screen identified the flavonoid eupatilin and its analogs as lead compounds for developing ciliopathy medication. CEP290, a gene mutated in several ciliopathies, encodes a protein that forms a complex with NPHP5 to support the function of the ciliary transition zone. Eupatilin relieved ciliogenesis and ciliary receptor delivery defects resulting from deletion of CEP290. In rd16 mice harboring a blinding Cep290 in-frame deletion, eupatilin treatment improved both opsin transport to the photoreceptor outer segment and electrophysiological responses of the retina to light stimulation. The rescue effect was due to eupatilin-mediated inhibition of calmodulin binding to NPHP5, which promoted NPHP5 recruitment to the ciliary base. Our results suggest that deficiency of a ...

As of March 2016, 6.36 Mb of sequence (83 genes, 1557 exons) generated in our lab was compared between Sanger and NextGen methodologies. We detected no differences between the two methods. The comparison involved 6400 total sequence variants (differences from the reference sequences). Of these, 6144 were nucleotide substitutions and 256 were insertions or deletions. About 65% of the variants were heterozygous and 35% homozygous. The insertions and deletions ranged in length from 1 to over 100 nucleotides.. In silico validation of insertions and deletions in 20 replicates of 5 genes was also performed. The validation included insertions and deletions of lengths between 1 and 100 nucleotides. Insertions tested in silico: 2200 between 1 and 5 nucleotides, 625 between 6 and 10 nucleotides, 29 between 11 and 20 nucleotides, 25 between 21 and 49 nucleotides, and 23 at or greater than 50 nucleotides, with the largest at 98 nucleotides. All insertions were detected. Deletions tested in silico: 1813 ...

This post is authored by Renee Dale, a fellow PCDer. Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) Awareness Month (October) is a necessary part of helping the PCD community find a cure. But mid-way through the month, every single year, it hits me and hits me hard. I look around and see all this effort by families and friends…

Cilia and flagella are small, hairlike protrusions that are found on the surface of a cell body. They can be sense organs, or they can move, beating in a coordinated motion to either move the cell or to move liquids or small solids across the cell surface. A disease known as primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) can cause a number of human disorders. One of these is chronic destructive airway...Read more. ...

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In an era of genetics research where huge cohorts seem to be the name of the game, two new papers highlight the power of small. Reported online March 10 in SciencExpress and the New England Journal of Medicine, the independent studies used whole-genome sequencing within a single family to identify disease genes for rare heritable conditions. The procedure is expensive and likely more challenging for disorders with complex phenotypes. However, some scientists say the recent advances have set a new benchmark for genetics research and diagnosis. One of the research teams plans to apply whole-genome analysis toward studies of neurodegenerative disease.. In the SciencExpress paper, researchers led by Leroy Hood and David Galas, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, analyzed whole-genome sequences of a family of four-two children with the recessive disorders Miller syndrome (characterized by abnormalities in the head, face, and limbs) and primary ciliary dyskinesia (which impairs mucus clearance ...

DISQUINESIA CILIAR PRIMARIA PDF - Disease definition. Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare, genetically heterogeneous, primarily respiratory disorder characterized by chronic upper

Horani A, Druley TE, Zariwala MA, Patel AC, Levinson BT, Van Arendonk LG, Thornton KC, Giacalone JC, Albee AJ, Wilson KS, Turner EH, Nickerson DA, Shendure J, Bayly PV, Leigh MW, Knowles MR, Brody SL, Dutcher SK, Ferkol TW. Whole-exome capture and sequencing identifies HEATR2 mutation as a cause of primary ciliary dyskinesia. Am J Hum Genet. 2012 Oct 5;91(4):685-93. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.08.022. PMID: ...

Zariwala MA, Gee HY, Kurkowiak M, Al-Mutairi DA, Leigh MW, Hurd TW, Hjeij R, Dell SD, Chaki M, Dougherty GW, Adan M, Spear PC, Esteve-Rudd J, Loges NT, Rosenfeld M, Diaz KA, Olbrich H, Wolf WE, Sheridan E, Batten TF, Halbritter J, Porath JD, Kohl S, Lovric S, Hwang DY, Pittman JE, Burns KA, Ferkol TW, Sagel SD, Olivier KN, Morgan LC, Werner C, Raidt J, Pennekamp P, Sun Z, Zhou W, Airik R, Natarajan S, Allen SJ, Amirav I, Wieczorek D, Landwehr K, Nielsen K, Schwerk N, Sertic J, Köhler G, Washburn J, Levy S, Fan S, Koerner-Rettberg C, Amselem S, Williams DS, Mitchell BJ, Drummond IA, Otto EA, Omran H, Knowles MR, Hildebrandt F. ZMYND10 is mutated in primary ciliary dyskinesia and interacts with LRRC6. Am J Hum Genet. 93: 336-3345, 2013 [PDF ...

Complete information for MKS1 gene (Protein Coding), Meckel Syndrome, Type 1, including: function, proteins, disorders, pathways, orthologs, and expression. GeneCards - The Human Gene Compendium

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NIH Rare Diseases : 49 Kartagener syndrome is a type of primary ciliary dyskinesia that is also characterized by situs inversus totalis (mirror-image reversal of internal organs). The signs and symptoms vary but may include neonatal respiratory distress; frequent lung, sinus and middle ear infections beginning in early childhood; and infertility. It can be cause by changes (mutations) in many different genes that are inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Although scientists have identified many of the genes associated with Kartagener syndrome, the genetic cause of some cases is unknown. There is no cure for Kartagener syndrome. Treatment varies based on the signs and symptoms present in each person but may include airway clearance therapy and antibiotics. Last updated: 2/2/2015 ...

Kartagener syndrome is a type of primary ciliary dyskinesia that is also characterized by situs inversus totalis (mirror-image reversal of internal organs). The signs and symptoms vary but may include neonatal respiratory distress; frequent lung, sinus and middle ear infections beginning in early childhood; and infertility. It can be cause by changes (mutations) in many different genes that are inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Although scientists have identified many of the genes associated with Kartagener syndrome, the genetic cause of some cases is unknown. There is no cure for Kartagener syndrome. Treatment varies based on the signs and symptoms present in each person but may include airway clearance therapy and antibiotics ...

Mutations in human and/or mouse homologs are associated with this disease. Synonyms: CILD9; primary ciliary dyskinesia 9 with or without situs inversus

TY - JOUR. T1 - ARMC4 mutations cause primary ciliary dyskinesia with randomization of left/right body asymmetry. AU - Hjeij, Rim. AU - Lindstrand, Anna. AU - Francis, Richard. AU - Zariwala, Maimoona A.. AU - Liu, Xiaoqin. AU - Li, You. AU - Damerla, Rama. AU - Dougherty, Gerard W.. AU - Abouhamed, Marouan. AU - Olbrich, Heike. AU - Loges, Niki T.. AU - Pennekamp, Petra. AU - Davis, Erica E.. AU - Carvalho, Claudia M B. AU - Pehlivan, Davut. AU - Werner, Claudius. AU - Raidt, Johanna. AU - Köhler, Gabriele. AU - Häffner, Karsten. AU - Reyes-Mugica, Miguel. AU - Lupski, James R.. AU - Leigh, Margaret W.. AU - Rosenfeld, Margaret. AU - Morgan, Lucy C.. AU - Knowles, Michael R.. AU - Lo, Cecilia W.. AU - Katsanis, Nicholas. AU - Omran, Heymut. PY - 2013/8/8. Y1 - 2013/8/8. N2 - The motive forces for ciliary movement are generated by large multiprotein complexes referred to as outer dynein arms (ODAs), which are preassembled in the cytoplasm prior to transport to the ciliary axonemal compartment. ...

Definition of primary ciliary dyskinesia. Provided by Stedmans medical dictionary and Drugs.com. Includes medical terms and definitions.

Meckel syndrome is a very severe disorder that is characterized by multiple cysts on the kidneys, protrusion of a portion of the brain through an opening in the skull (occipital encephalocele), and extra fingers or toes (polydactyly). Affected children may also have abnormalities affecting the head and face, liver, lungs, genitals, and urinary tract. Because of these serious health problems, most infants with Meckel syndrome do not survive for long after birth. Meckel syndrome is caused by mutations in one of eight genes, and it is inherited in an autosomal-recessive manner ...

FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] This gene encodes a member of the dynein intermediate chain family. The encoded protein is part of the dynein complex in respiratory cilia. The inner- and outer-arm dyneins, which bridge between the doublet microtubules in axonemes, are the force-generating proteins responsible for the sliding movement in axonemes. The intermediate and light chains, thought to form the base of the dynein arm, help mediate attachment and may also participate in regulating dynein activity. Mutations in this gene result in abnormal ciliary ultrastructure and function associated with primary ciliary dyskinesia and Kartagener syndrome. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2013 ...

Books and Chapters:. 1. Primary ciliary dyskinesia. Mary Leigh-Anne Daniels, Sohini Ghosh, and Peadar G Noone (Sr). Current Pulmonology Reports December 2016, Volume 5, Issue 4, pp 191-198. 2. Lobo J, Rojas-Balcazar JM, Noone PG (Sr). Recent Advances in Cystic Fibrosis. Clin Chest Medicine 2012 Jun; 33(2): 307-28.. 3. LJ Lobo, M Zariwala and PG Noone (Sr). Ciliary Dyskinesias; Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia in Adults. Monograph, Eur Resp Soc (Bronchiectasis) 2011. Chapter 9, pp 130-149. 4. Bennett WD, Noone PG, Knowles MR, Boucher RC. Regulation of Mucociliary Clearance by Purinergic Receptors. In Cilia and Mucus: From Development to Respiratory Defense, ed. Salathe M, Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY, 2001, pp 347-360.. 5. Noone PG, Knowles MR. Standard Therapy of Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease. In: Cystic fibrosis in adults. Yankaskas JR, Knowles MR, eds. Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia, 1999; pp 145-173.. 6. Noone PG, Bresnihan B. Rheumatologic disease in adults with CF. In: Cystic fibrosis in ...

PCD is an inherited genetic disorder of the structure and / or function of the cilia, which are the tiny microscopic moving structures lining the airways, ears, sinuses and some other areas of the body. The sweeping, wave-like motion of cilia is important for keeping these areas clean and free from infection, acting as an essential primary defence barrier. In patients with PCD, this wave-like motion does not happen in the normal way, and in some, it does not happen at all ...

Dr Biju Thomas was trained in India, Australia and the United Kingdom. He worked at Royal Manchester Childrens hospital UK as Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, before moving to Singapore in 2011. He is currently a senior consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine at KK Womens and Childrens Hospital, Singapore and also holds academic appointments with the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, in Singapore. His clinical special interests include asthma, bronchiectasis, flexible bronchoscopy, paediatric sleep medicine, long term ventilation, Cystic Fibrosis and Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD). Dr. Thomass fields of research interests include paediatric sleep medicine, asthma and Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia. He is a member of the European Respiratory Society and a fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health ...

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Being diagnosed with a chronic disease such as PCD can be disheartening. Making notes, as well as taking along a trusted family member or friend, can help you create an open dialogue with your physician.

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In humans, mutations of the gene B9D2 have been linked to Meckel syndrome, a severe disorder caused by dysfunction of the primary cilia during the early stages of embryogenesis. Meckel syndrome is characterised by multiple kidney cysts, occipital encephalocele (where a portion of the brain protrudes through an opening in the skull) and polydactyly, but it also commonly affects the brain and spinal cord, eyes, heart, lungs and bones.. B9d2 knockout mouse embryos included in our latest data release show the major features of Meckel syndrome, including polydactyly and defects in the brain, peripheral nervous system, heart and vascular system. They also display situs defects, where the left-right asymmetry of the body did not develop as expected. The image below shows a B9d2 knockout embryo with left pulmonary isomerism and symmetric branching of the principle bronchi from the trachea.. ...

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A key component of lung defense is the efficiency of mucociliary clearance (MCC). Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a human genetic disorder with defective MC...

Det finnes flere arvelige lidelser som også er kjent på OES. En av dem er Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD), et arvelig avvik som går på strukturen og funksjonen til flimmerhårene i luftveiene og andre steder i kroppen.. Flimmerhår, cilier, er små utløpere på overflaten av epitelcellene som kler både de øvre luftveier, nese og bihuler og nedre luftveier, luftrør og bronkier. Hver epitelcelle har 200-300 flimmerhår. Flimmerhårene skal bevege seg synkront og feie bort et teppe av slim, som inneholder partikler, døde celler, eventuelle mikroorganismer og betennelsesceller.. Hos en hund som lider av PCD vil flimmerhårene ikke gjøre jobben sin. Mangel på koordinering og ineffektivitet hos flimmerhårene fører til for dårlig transport av slimet. Dette fører til at hunden vil hoste, pipe i brystet, nyse og etter hvert som slimet blir liggende å irritere utvikles det infeksjoner i luftveiene. Det er viktig at slike hunder ikke får hostedempende medisiner da hosting er den eneste ...

Ciliopathy, Centriole, Centrosome, Microtubule, Rare disease, Cell Cycle, Checkpoint, Cell Signaling, Trafficking, Flagellum, Mucus, Basal Body, Hedgehog Signaling, ADPKD, Polycystic kidney disease (PKD), Primary Cilia Dyskinesia (PCD), Bardet-Biedle Syndrome, Joubert Syndrome, Meckel-Gruber Syndrome, BBS, MKS, JBTS, ARPKD, NPHP, NPH Development, WNT IFT, Chlamydomonas

Ciliopathy, Centriole, Centrosome, Microtubule, Rare disease, Cell Cycle, Checkpoint, Cell Signaling, Trafficking, Flagellum, Mucus, Basal Body, Hedgehog Signaling, ADPKD, Polycystic kidney disease (PKD), Primary Cilia Dyskinesia (PCD), Bardet-Biedle Syndrome, Joubert Syndrome, Meckel-Gruber Syndrome, BBS, MKS, JBTS, ARPKD, NPHP, NPH Development, WNT IFT, Chlamydomonas

Eukaryotic cilia and flagella are cellular structures familiar to schoolchildren everywhere for the elegant swath they cut as they propel protozoa through pond water. Less well recognized is the fact that a single immotile cilium is present on almost every type of vertebrate cell. These so-called primary cilia were discovered more than a century ago and, yet, their functions remain largely unexplored (Singla and Reiter, 2006).. It is now becoming clear that the primary cilium plays important roles in both development and disease. Perhaps its most dramatic function is in the kidney - ciliary defects cause polycystic kidney disease, the most common life-threatening monogenic illness. Primary cilia also have roles in sensing environmental information. Photoreceptors and odorant receptors function on primary cilia, and primary cilia are essential for sound reception. Therefore, it is not much of an exaggeration to say that we see, smell and hear through cilia.. Our work suggests that cilia also ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The long-term goal of this project is to improve our understanding of the cellular and molecular regulation mechanisms of mucociliary clearance, an important host defense mechanism of the lung. Ciliary activity is an integral part of mucociliary transport and changes in ciliary beat frequency (CBF) are often associated with similar changes in transport rates. Two widely recognized second messengers in cell signaling, cAMP and calcium ([Ca2+]i), regulate CBF. cAMP has been shown to increase CBF through a cAMP-dependent kinase- mediated event, possibly by phosphorylating a ciliary protein designated p26. Increasing [Ca2+]i also stimulates CBF, likely through a ciliary Ca2+-binding protein. Because both second messengers increase CBF, the question arises whether these signaling pathways regulate CBF through independent signal transduction cascades or whether the pathways converge at some level to affect a common target prior to dynein/microtubule interaction. ...

The 4th Medical Research Conference (MRC 1999), Hong Kong, China, 30-31 January 1999. In Hong Kong Practitioner, 1999, v. 21 suppl., p. 33, abstract no. 59 ...

The breaking of left-right symmetry in the mammalian embryo is believed to occur in a transient embryonic structure, the node, when cilia create a leftward flow of liquid. It has been widely confirmed that this nodal flow is the first sign of left-right differentiation; however, the mechanism through which embryonic cilia produce their movement and how the leftward flow confers laterality are still requiring investigation. The ciliary motility in the embryonic node involves complex dynein activations and the handed information is transmitted to the cells by the flow produced by cilia, either mechanically and/or by advection of a chemical species. In this paper, we present a computational model of ciliary ultrastructure (protein-structure model) and discuss the scenarios that incorporate this internal microtubule-dynein system with the external fluidic environment (fluid-structure-protein interaction model, FSPI). By employing computational fluid dynamics, deformable mesh computational techniques ...

Lien vers Pubmed [PMID] - 21501571. Biol Aujourdhui 2011;205(1):5-28. Cilia and flagella are ubiquitous organelles that protrude from the surfaces of many cells, and whose architecture is highly conserved from protists to humans. These complex organelles, composed of over 500 proteins, can be either immotile or motile. They are involved in a myriad of biological processes, including sensing (non-motile cilia) and/or cell motility or movement of extracellular fluids (motile cilia). The ever-expanding list of human diseases linked to defective cilia illustrates the functional importance of cilia and flagella. These ciliopathies are characterised by an impressive diversity of symptoms and an often complex genetic etiology. A precise knowledge of cilia and flagella biology is thus critical to better understand these pathologies. However, multi-ciliated cells are terminally differentiated and difficult to manipulate, and a primary cilium is assembled only when the cell exits from the cell cycle. In ...

This gene encodes a B9 domain-containing protein, one of several that are involved in ciliogenesis. Alterations in expression of this gene have been found in a family with Meckel syndrome. Meckel syndrome has been associated with at least six different genes. This gene is located within the Smith-Magenis syndrome region on chromosome 17. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2016 ...

FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] The protein encoded by this gene contains ten Armadillo repeat motifs (ARMs) and one HEAT repeat, and is thought to be involved in ciliary and flagellar movement. This protein has been shown to localize to the ciliary axonemes and at the ciliary base of respiratory cells. Studies indicate that mutations in this gene cause partial outer dynein arm (ODA) defects in respiratory cilia. The cilia of cells with mutations in this gene displayed either reduced ciliary beat frequency and amplitude, or, complete immotility. Some individuals with primary ciliary dyskensia (PCD) have been shown to have mutations in this gene. PCD is characterized by chronic airway disease and left/right body asymmetry defects. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2015 ...

To test for associations between abnormal respiratory ciliary motion (CM) and brain abnormalities in infants with congenital heart disease (CHD) STUDY DESIGN: We recruited 35 infants with CHD preoperatively and performed nasal tissue biopsy to assess respiratory CM by videomicroscopy. Cranial ultrasound scan and brain magnetic resonance imaging were obtained pre- and/or postoperatively and systematically reviewed for brain abnormalities. Segmentation was used to quantitate cerebrospinal fluid and regional brain volumes. Perinatal and perioperative clinical variables were collected.. ...

Joubert syndrome (JS) and Meckel syndrome (MKS) are pleiotropic ciliopathies characterized by severe defects of the cerebellar vermis, ranging (...)

Is obesity a ciliopathy, a disorder such as polycystic kidney disease (PKD), which is triggered by a defect in the microscopic hair-like cilia that protrude from virtually every cell of humans and other vertebrates?

Another active area of research focuses on neural crest cells (NCCs). There is growing evidence that cilia are present on the surface of NCCs and their derivatives, and skeletal ciliopathies may be caused by abnormal NCC development. The hypothesis that we are currently testing is that factors that influence NCC identity or migration may be targeted for treatment of ciliopathies and other NCC-derived defects (including specific tumours). Chemical and genetic screening is undertaken to identify novel genes and Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs that influence NCC development in zebrafish embryos, and these factors are tested for their ability to treat skeletal ciliopathies (e.g. craniosynostosis) in model organisms and to inhibit growth of NCC-derived tumour cell lines. ...

Purpose : The transition zone (TZ) within retinal primary cilia plays a major role in proper localization and trafficking of proteins. Mutations occurring in TZ components result in retinal degeneration-associated ciliopathies. The exact role of the TZ gene Meckel Grüber 6 (MKS6 or CC2D2A) is currently unknown within the retina. Methods : To generate a conditional Mks6 allele, embryonic stem cells containing LoxP sites flanking exons 6 and 7 of the Mks6 allele were obtained from MMRC. Mice positive for the Mks6F allele were then mated to homozygosity (Mks6F/F) and crossed with CAGG-Cre; Mks6F/+ mice to generate the Mks6 CAGG conditional mutant line. To induce Mks6 loss, mice were injected once at a dose of 6mg/40g tamoxifen at p7 for juvenille induction. Adult induced mice were injected with 5 daily doses of 6mg/40gtamoxifen starting at p56. Mice were genotyped to confirm deletion and euthanized for analysis. To test for protein localization, eyes were enucleated, fixed, sectioned, stained and ...

DynAPs reveal that biological phase separation provides the organizing principle for the complex process of dynein motor assembly in cells with motile cilia.

During the admission earlier this year, genetics were brought in again due to something seen on an MRI Patrick had done while in hospital. As most already know, Patrick was diagnosed with Meckel Syndrome. At the time of his birth, there were no tests for this syndrome. About 3yrs ago when Patrick had his…

The cilium is a ubiquitous organelle found across species on a wide range of cell types. It is a highly varied structure able to fulfill a plethora of functions; from motile cilia serving in cell motility and establishing ...

I have bronchiectasis as a result of PCD. Do I assume that I will be one of those who need to isolate for 12 weeks? I already have been for a while, as I was unwell anyway and didnt want to take any...