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. 2019 Jun 27;8(7):921. doi: 10.3390/jcm8070921
ADCY3 Adenylate cyclase 3
ADPKD Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
AIPL1 Aryl-hydrocarbon-interacting protein-like 1
AMPK AMP-regulated kinase
APT Acyl protein thioesterase
Arl2 ADP ribosylation factor-like protein 2
Arl3 ADP ribosylation factor-like protein 3
Arl13b ADP ribosylation factor-like protein 13B
Arf4 ADP ribosylation factor 4
ASAP1 ArfGAP with SH3 domain, ankyrin repeat and PH domain 1
BBS Bardet–Biedl syndrome
CC Coiled-coil
CePPEF Caenorhabditis elegans protein phosphatase with EF-hands
CIL-7 A ciliary protein
CTS Cilia targeting sequence
eNOS Endothelial nitric oxide synthase
EV Extracellular vesicles
FCaBP Flagellar calcium-binding protein
GAP GTPase activating protein
GEF Guanine nucleotide exchange factor
GNGT1 Guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(T) subunit gamma-T1
GPCR G-protein-coupled receptors
GRK1 G-protein-coupled receptor kinase 1
GTP Guanosine triphosphate
GTPase Guanosine triphosphatase
Hh Hedgehog
hTERT RPE-1 hTERT-immortalized retinal pigment epithelial cell line, hTERT RPE-1, was derived by transfecting the RPE-340 cell line with the pGRN145 hTERT-expressing plasmid
IFT Intraflagellar transport
IMCD3 Inner medullary collecting duct3
INPP5E Inositol polyphosphate-5-phosphatase E
INPP5B Inositol polyphosphate-5-phosphatase B
JS Joubert syndrome
KIF17 Kinesin family member 17
mTORC1 Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1
MKS Meckel syndrome
nlCTS N-terminal dual lipidation-coupled ciliary targeting signal
NPHP Nephronophthisis
PATs Palmitoyl acyl transferases
PC1 Polycystin 1
PC2 Polycystin 2
PDE6δ Phosphodiesterase 6δ
PLD Phospholipase D
PKD Polycystic kidney disease
PKHD1 Human autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease gene
PPEF Protein phosphatases with EF-hand domains
Ptc-1 Patched 1
PTM Post-translational modifications
REP-1 Rab escort protein-1
RLD RCC1-like domain
RFX3 Regulatory factor X3
RP2 Retinitis pigmentosa protein
RPGR Retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator
TPRs Tetratricopeptide repeats
TZ Transition zone
Smo Smoothened
STPK Serine/threonine protein kinase