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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 4.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Respir Med. 2016 Mar 28;10(5):569–576. doi: 10.1586/17476348.2016.1165612

Table 2.

Clinical and respiratory manifestations associated with sensory ciliopathies.

Primary ciliopathy Typical clinical manifestations Respiratory manifestations Gene(s)
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease Cystic renal disease, hepatic fibrosis Bronchiectasis PKHD1
Bardet-Biedl syndrome Obesity, polydactyly, cognitive delays, retinitis pigmentosa., renal anomalies, anosmia, congenital heart disease Motile ciliary tip vesicles (unclear clinical significance) ARL6, BBS1-12, CEP290, MKKS, MKS1, MKS3, SDCCAG8, TRIM32, WDPCP
Retinitis pigmentosa Photophobia, night blindness, progressive blindness, Chronic sinusitis, serous otitis, recurrent bronchitis, bronchiectasis RP1, RP2, RPGR, PRPH2, RP9, IMPDH1, PRPF31, CRB1, PRPF8, TULP1, CA4, HPRPF3, ABCA4, EYS, CERKL, FSCN2, TOPORS, SNRNP200, SEMA4A, PRCD, NR2E3, MERTK, USH2A, PROM1, KLHL7, BEST1, TTC8, C2ORF71, A RL6, ZNF513,BHDDS, PRPH2, LRAT, SPATA7, CRX
Usher syndrome Congenital hearing loss, retinitis pigmentosa. Bronchiectasis MYO7A, GPR98, PDZD7, WHRN, HARS
Cranioectodermal dysplasia (Sensenbrenner syndrome) Sagital craniosynostosis, facial anomalies, skeletal defects, hypodontia, nephronophthisis Neonatal respiratory distress, recurrent bronchopneumonia, WDR35, IFT43, WDR19
Short-rib thoracic dysplasia (Ellis-van Creveld syndrome, Jeune syndrome, short rib-polydactyly syndrome, Mainzer-Saldino syndrome). Small thoracic cage, short ribs, skeletal anomalies, polydactyly, cystic renal disease atelectasis Pulmonary restriction, respiratory failure WDR34, WDR35, DYNC2H1, NEK1, WDR60, TTC21B, WDR19, IFT140, IFT80, IFT139, IFT172, CEP120, KIAA0586