Mechanisms of mammalian ciliary motility: Insights from primary ciliary dyskinesia genetics.

Abstract

Motile cilia and flagella are organelles that, historically, have been poorly understood and inadequately investigated. However, cilia play critical roles in fluid clearance in the respiratory system and the brain, and flagella are required for sperm motility. Genetic studies involving human patients and mouse models of primary ciliary dyskinesia over the last decade have uncovered a number of important ciliary proteins and have begun to elucidate the mechanisms underlying ciliary motility. When combined with genetic, biochemical, and cell biological studies in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, these mammalian genetic analyses begin to reveal the mechanisms by which ciliary motility is regulated.

• Authors: Lance Lee
• Journal: Gene (Gene) Vol. 473 Issue 2 Pg. 57-66 (Mar 01 2011) ISSN: 1879-0038 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 21111794 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Transcription Factors
• Dyneins

Topics

• Animals
• Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (genetics)
• Cilia (genetics, ultrastructure)
• Ciliary Motility Disorders (genetics)
• Disease Models, Animal
• Dyneins (genetics)
• Flagella (genetics, ultrastructure)
• Humans
• Kartagener Syndrome (genetics)
• Mice
• Transcription Factors (physiology)