| 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 |