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. 2009 Apr 8;2(4):323–327. doi: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfp038

Table 2.

The ciliopathies as noted in the OMIM database; note that inheritance of all diseases is autosomal-recessive

Disease Clinical features Gene OMIM number
Alström syndrome Childhood obesity and type II diabetes, blindness due to congenital retinal dystrophy, and sensori-neural hearing loss ALMS1 gene, 2p13 203800
Bardet-Biedl syndrome Rod-cone dystrophy BBS1, 11q13 209901
Polydactyly BBS2, 16q21 606151
Obesity BBS3, 3p12-q13 608845
Learning disabilities BBS4, 15q22.3 600374
Hypogonadism in males BBS5, 2q31 603650
Renal anomalies (similar to nephronophthisis) BBS6, 20p12 604896
BBS7, 4q27 607590
BBS8, 14q32.11 608132
See also text and table 1 BBS9, 7p14 607968
BBS10, 12q 610148
BBS11, 9q33.1 602290
BBS12, 4q27 610683
BBS13, 17q23 609883
BBS14, 12q21.3 610142
Nephronophthisis Renal cysts in the cortico-medullary junction with polyuria and NPHP1, 2q13 256100
renal impairment NPHP2, 9q31 602088
Other manifestations: NPHP3, 3q22 604387
Tapeto-retinal degeneration (Senior Løken syndrome) NPHP4, 1p36 606966
Hepatic fibrosis NPHP5, 3q21.1 609254
Cone shaped epiphyses NPHP6, 12q21.3 610142
Vermis aplasia and ataxia (Joubert syndrome) NPHP7, 16p13.3 611498
Primary ciliary diskinesis Sinusitis, bronchiectasis, situs inversus (Kartagener's syndrome) 9p21-p13 24440
Meckel syndrome (also known as Meckel Gruber syndrome) Dysplastic kidneys, polydactyly, occipital encephalocele; high mortality; prenatal ultrasound diagnosis possible MKS1, 17q21–q24 249000
MKS2, 11q13 603194
MKS3, 8q24 607361