Primary cilia as dynamic and diverse signalling hubs in development and disease

P Mill, ST Christensen, LB Pedersen - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Primary cilia, antenna-like sensory organelles protruding from the surface of most vertebrate
cell types, are essential for regulating signalling pathways during development and adult …

Emerging mechanistic understanding of cilia function in cellular signalling

KI Hilgendorf, BR Myers, JF Reiter - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Primary cilia are solitary, immotile sensory organelles present on most cells in the body that
participate broadly in human health, physiology and disease. Cilia generate a unique …

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 …

Rhythmic cilia changes support SCN neuron coherence in circadian clock

HQ Tu, S Li, YL Xu, YC Zhang, PY Li, LY Liang… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) drives circadian clock coherence through intercellular
coupling, which is resistant to environmental perturbations. We report that primary cilia are …

Primary cilia signaling in astrocytes mediates development and regional-specific functional specification

L Wang, Q Guo, S Acharya, X Zheng, V Huynh… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Astrocyte diversity is greatly influenced by local environmental modulation. Here we report
that the majority of astrocytes across the mouse brain possess a singular primary cilium …

[HTML][HTML] Preserving extracellular space for high-quality optical and ultrastructural studies of whole mammalian brains

X Lu, X Han, Y Meirovitch, E Sjöstedt, RL Schalek… - Cell reports …, 2023 - cell.com
Analysis of brain structure, connectivity, and molecular diversity relies on effective tissue
fixation. Conventional tissue fixation causes extracellular space (ECS) loss, complicating the …

Modular segmentation, spatial analysis and visualization of volume electron microscopy datasets

A Müller, D Schmidt, JP Albrecht, L Rieckert, M Otto… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Volume electron microscopy is the method of choice for the in situ interrogation of cellular
ultrastructure at the nanometer scale, and with the increase in large raw image datasets …

Wiring and volume transmission: an overview of the dual modality for serotonin neurotransmission

G Gianni, M Pasqualetti - ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2023 - ACS Publications
Serotonin is a neurotransmitter involved in the modulation of a multitude of physiological
and behavioral processes. In spite of the relatively reduced number of serotonin-producing …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial dysfunction compromises ciliary homeostasis in astrocytes

O Ignatenko, S Malinen, S Rybas, H Vihinen… - Journal of Cell …, 2022 - rupress.org
Astrocytes, often considered as secondary responders to neurodegeneration, are emerging
as primary drivers of brain disease. Here we show that mitochondrial DNA depletion in …

Ciliary localization of a light-activated neuronal GPCR shapes behavior

AM Winans, D Friedmann, C Stanley… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Many neurons in the central nervous system produce a single primary cilium that serves as a
specialized signaling organelle. Several neuromodulatory G-protein-coupled receptors …