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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2011 Dec 16;160(3):366–371. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.11.024

Table.

Childhood diseases and syndromes associated with motile and sensory ciliopathies.

Pediatric ciliopathy Clinical manifestations Gene(s)
Motor
Primary ciliary dyskinesia Chronic bronchitis, rhinosinusitis, otitis
media, laterality defects, infertility, CHD
DNAI1, DNAH5, DNAH11, DNAI2,
KTU, TXNDC3, LRRC50, RSPH9,
RSPH4A, CCDC40, CCDC39
Sensory
Autosomal recessive
polycystic kidney disease
RFD, CHF PKHD1
Nephronophthisis RFD, interstitial nephritis, CHF, RP NPHP1-8, ALMS1, CEP290
Bardet-Biedl syndrome Obesity, polydactyly, ID, RP, renal
anomalies, anosmia, CHD
BBS1-12, MKS1, MKS3, CEP290
Meckel-Gruber syndrome RFD, polydactyly, ID, CNS anomalies,
CHD, cleft lip, cleft palate
MKS1-6, CC2D2A, CEP290, ,
TMEM216
Joubert syndrome CNS anomalies, ID, ataxia, RP,
polydactyly, cleft lip, cleft palate
NPHP1, JBTS1, JBTS3, JBTS4,
CORS2, AHI1, CEP290, TMEM216
Alstrom syndrome Obesity, RP, DM, hypothyroidism,
hypogonadism, skeletal dysplasia,
cardiomyopathy, pulmonary fibrosis
ALMS1
Orofaciodigital syndrome
type 1
Polydactyly, syndactyly, cleft lip, cleft
palate, CNS anomalies, ID, RFD
OFD1
Ellis van Creveld syndrome Chondrodystrophy, polydactyly,
ectodermal dysplasia, CHD
EVC, EVC2
Jeune asphyxiating thoracic
dystrophy
Narrow thorax, RFD, RP, dwarfism,
polydactyly
IFT80
Sensenbrenner syndrome Dolichocephaly, ectodermal dysplasia,
dental dysplasia, narrow thorax, RFD,
CHD
IFT122, IFT43, WDR35
Short rib-polydactyly
syndromes
Narrow thorax, short limb dwarfism,
polydactyly, renal dysplasia
WDR35, DYNC2H1, NEK1

CHD, congenital heart disease; CHF, congenital hepatic fibrosis; CNS, central nervous system; DM, diabetes mellitus; ID, intellectual disabilities; RFD, renal fibrocystic disease; RP, retinitis pigmentosa.