Genetics of chronic kidney disease

A Vivante - New England Journal of Medicine, 2024‏ - Mass Medical Soc
Key Points Genetics of Chronic Kidney Disease Genetic causes of chronic kidney disease
(CKD) are not uncommon. Patients with CKD should be referred for genetic consultation and …

Polycystic kidney disease

C Bergmann, LM Guay-Woodford, PC Harris… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Cystic kidneys are common causes of end-stage renal disease, both in children and in
adults. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and autosomal recessive …

Structural biology of cilia and intraflagellar transport

N Klena, G Pigino - Annual review of cell and developmental …, 2022‏ - annualreviews.org
Cilia are ubiquitous microtubule-based eukaryotic organelles that project from the cell to
generate motility or function in cellular signaling. Motile cilia or flagella contain axonemal …

Identification of potent inhibitors of NEK7 protein using a comprehensive computational approach

M Aziz, SA Ejaz, N Tamam, F Siddique, N Riaz… - Scientific reports, 2022‏ - nature.com
NIMA related Kinases (NEK7) plays an important role in spindle assembly and mitotic
division of the cell. Over expression of NEK7 leads to the progression of different cancers …

Causes and consequences of replication stress

MK Zeman, KA Cimprich - Nature cell biology, 2014‏ - nature.com
Replication stress is a complex phenomenon that has serious implications for genome
stability, cell survival and human disease. Generation of aberrant replication fork structures …

Motile and non‐motile cilia in human pathology: from function to phenotypes

HM Mitchison, EM Valente - The Journal of pathology, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ciliopathies are inherited human disorders caused by both motile and non‐motile cilia
dysfunction that form an important and rapidly expanding disease category. Ciliopathies are …

Evolving importance of kidney disease: from subspecialty to global health burden

KU Eckardt, J Coresh, O Devuyst, RJ Johnson… - The Lancet, 2013‏ - thelancet.com
In the past decade, kidney disease diagnosed with objective measures of kidney damage
and function has been recognised as a major public health burden. The population …

Map** of neuronal and glial primary cilia contactome and connectome in the human cerebral cortex

JY Wu, SJ Cho, K Descant, PH Li, A Shapson-Coe… - Neuron, 2024‏ - cell.com
Primary cilia act as antenna receivers of environmental signals and enable effective
neuronal or glial responses. Disruption of their function is associated with circuit disorders …

YAP and TAZ: a nexus for Hippo signaling and beyond

CG Hansen, T Moroishi, KL Guan - Trends in cell biology, 2015‏ - cell.com
The Hippo pathway is a potent regulator of cellular proliferation, differentiation, and tissue
homeostasis. Here we review the regulatory mechanisms of the Hippo pathway and discuss …

Ciliopathies

DA Braun, F Hildebrandt - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2017‏ - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Nephronophthisis-related ciliopathies (NPHP-RC) are a group of inherited diseases that
affect genes encoding proteins that localize to primary cilia or centrosomes. With few …