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. 2019 Sep 20;92(3):471–480.

Table 1. Ciliopathies, causative genes, functional localizations of the proteins in primary cilia and the respective phenotypes of the syndromes.

Ciliopathy Genes Ciliary localization Phenotypes
Alström syndrome [58] ALMS1 Basal body Truncal Obesity, T2D, Insulin resistance, hepatic dysfunction, hyperlipidemia, hypothyroidism, hypogonadism, short stature, wide feet, retinal degeneration, hearing loss, mental retardation
Bardet-Biedl syndrome [71,93] BBS1-20 Axoneme, Basal body Obesity, T2D, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, polydactyly, male hypogonadism, retinal dystrophy, renal dysfunction, learning disabilities, cognitive impairment, fatty liver
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease [94,95] PKD1 Axoneme Renal cyst formation, loss of renal function, abnormalities in cardiovascular, portal, pancreatic and gastrointestinal systems
Nephronophthisis [96] NPHP1-9 Basal body Transition zone, Axoneme Kidney cyst, tubulointerstitial nephropathy, retinal degeneration, liver fibrosis, cerebellar hypoplasia, situs inversus, and mental retardation
Meckel-Gruber syndrome [97] MKS1, TMEM216, TMEM67, TMEM231 TMEM138, TMEM237, CEP290, RPGRIP1L, CC2D2A, NPHP3, TCTN2, B9D1 B9D2, EVC2, C5orf42, SEC8 Basal body, Transition zone, Ciliary membrane Lethal, cystic renal disease, central nervous system malformation, occipital encephalocele, polydactyly, hepatic fibrosis, polydactyly, situs inversus, skeletal defects
Joubert syndrome [98] CEP290, CEP120, CEP41, INPP5E, ARL13B, CC2D2A, RPGRIP1L, TMEM216, TMEM67, TMEM237, TMEM231, TMEM138, NPHP1, AHI1, CXORF5, OFD1, TTC21B, KIF7, TCTN1, TCTN3 C5ORF42, ZNF423, CSPP1, ARMC9, FAM149B1 Basal body, Transition zone Cerebellum and midbrain abnormalities: molar tooth sign, hypotonia, psychomotor delay, irregular breathing pattern and oculomotor apraxia. developmental delay, truncal ataxia, speech apraxia, polydactyly, chorio-retinal colobomas, retinal degeneration, congenital hepatic fibrosis, fibrocystic kidney disease, cleft palate
Senior-Loken syndrome [99] SDCCAG8, NPHP4, NPHP5, NPHP6, WDR19, TRAF3IP1 Basal body Transition zone, Axoneme renal nephronophthisis, retinal degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa
Oral-facial-digital syndrome (OFD) [100] OFD1-15, two unclassified Basal body Transition zone, Axoneme abnormalities of the face, oral cavity and digits, pancreatic, renal, hepatic, ovarian cysts, cognitive defects
Leber congenital amaurosis and Early-onset severe retinal dystrophy [101] GUCY2D, RPE65, SPATA7, AIPL1, LCA5, RPGRIP1, CRX, CRB1, NMNAT1, CEP290, IMPDH1, RD3, RDH12, LRAT, TULP1, KCNJ13, GDF6, OTX2, CABP4, CLUAP1, IQCB1, DTHD1, IFT140, ALMS1, PRPH2 Basal body, Transition Zone, Axoneme early infantile onset rod–cone dystrophies, retinal dystrophy
Jeune syndrome [102] TCTEX1D2, DYNC2H1, WDR34, WDR60, IFT80, IFT172, IFT144, IFT139, IFT140, CEP120, CSPP1 Basal body, Axoneme multiple skeleto-muscular abnormalities, narrow thorax, shortened ribs, variable limb shortening, brachydactyly, polydactyly, renal dysfunction, hepatic dysfunction, retinal dystrophy