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. 2008 Jan 14;180(1):17–21. doi: 10.1083/jcb.200710085

Table I. Human ciliary disease genes and their cell biological functions.

Disease Gene Cellular function Protein localization
PKD PKD1 Mechanosensing Cilia
PKHD1 Unknown Cilia, basal body
Immotile cilia syndrome DNAH5 Ciliary motility Outer dynein arms
    Bronchiectasis DNAI1 Ciliary motility Outer dynein arms
    Chronic sinusitis
    Situs inversus
Bardet-Biedl syndrome BBS1-12 Ciliogenesis Basal body and IFT complexes
    Obesity
    Retinal degeneration
    Cystic kidneys
Meckel-Gruber syndrome Cep290 Unknown Basal body
    Brain malformation MKS1 Ciliogenesis Basal body
    Polydactyly MKS3 Ciliogenesis Ciliary membrane
    Cystic kidneys
Oral-Facial-Digital syndrome OFD1 Ciliogenesis Basal body
    Craniofacial abnormality
    Polydactyly
    Cystic kidneys
Nephronophthisis NPHP1-5 Uncertain Basal body and cilia
Retinitis pigmentosa RPGR Retinal transport Basal body
Situs inversus DNAH11 Ciliary motility Dynein arms

For reviews of human ciliopathies, see Afzelius, 2004; Badano et al., 2006; Fliegauf, 2007.