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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 14.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Nephrol Res. 2017 Dec;1(1):6–9.

Table 1.

Ciliopathy Genes modeled in Zebrafish and showing Eye and Kidney henotypes.

Cilia Gene modeled in Zebrafish Eye Phenotype Kidney Phenotype Disease PMID
AHI1 mutant Shortened cone outer segments Cone degeneration Rhodopsin mislocalization Kidney cysts JBTS 28118669
ARL13B mutant Shortened photoreceptor outer segments retinal defects Renal cysts JBTS 27571019
25138100
27153923
ARL6 mutant Retinopathy microphthalmia Polydactylyrenal malformations BBS 15314642
15258860
ARMC9 mutant Retinal dystrophy Fibrocystic kidney disease JBTS 28625504
BBS5 Morphant Morphants displayed retinal layering defects Dilated cystic pronephric ducts PKD,BBS
NPHP,MKS
24559376
18604564
CC2D2A mutant Shortened outer segments, Mislocalization of opsins and accumulation of vesicles Pronephric cyst JBTS
MKS
26485645
18950740
Cdc42 Morphants Smaller eyes Cystic kidney PKD 23766535
CEP41 Morphants Smaller eyes Cystic kidney JBTS 22246503
CEP290 Morphants Rod-cone dystrophy Renal abnormalities JBTS, LCA 26301811
CSPP1 Morphants Smaller eyes Pronephric cysts JBTS 24360808
C8ORF37 morphants Retinal degeneration Renal cysts JBTS 27008867
Exoc5 Mutants and Morphants Smaller eyes Retinal lamination was lost Disorganization and lack of photoreceptor outer segments Glomerular expansion left-right patterning defects PKD 28729419
21490950
IFT122 mutation Photoreceptor degeneration Cystic kidney RP 27681595
IFT81 mutation Retinal dystrophy Kidney cyst Nonsyndromic retinal dystrophies 28460050
INPP5e Morphants Smaller eyes Cystic kidney JBTS 27401686
KIAA0556 Morphants Oculomotor apraxia nystagmus Dysmorphic photoreceptor outer segments Kidney cysts JBTS 27245168
NBCe1 mutation Smaller eyes retinal distention Pronephric ducts defect renal tubular acidosis, glaucoma and cataracts 19625604
POC1B Mutation Smaller eyes Retinal degeneration Reduce photoreceptor connecting cilia Cystic kidney JBTS, PKD, LCA 25044745
PDE6D Morphants Disorganized retinal cell layers Cloacal cysts distended pronephric tubules polydactyly and kidney hypoplasia JBTS 24166846
RP2 Morphants Affected the shedding of membrane discs from the distal end of the photoreceptor outer segment Pronephric cysts renal–retinal ciliopathies 20729296
RPGRIP1 Morphants Smaller and underdeveloped eyes Pronephric cyst formation NPHP, RP 20200501
SDCCAG8 Morphants Smaller eyes Pronephric cysts NPHP 20835237
TMEM67 mutation Smaller eyes Bilateral pronephric cysts MKS 23393159
TTC26 Morphants Eye morphology altered; outer segments of photoreceptor cells appeared shortened or absent Tubule dilation; distended/dilated pronephric tubes and ducts renal–retinal ciliopathies 22718903