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Building it up and taking it down: The regulation of vertebrate ciliogenesis
Author(s) -
Santos Nicole,
Reiter Jeremy F.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
developmental dynamics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.634
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1097-0177
pISSN - 1058-8388
DOI - 10.1002/dvdy.21540
Subject(s) - ciliogenesis , cilium , biology , ciliopathies , microbiology and biotechnology , organelle , vertebrate , neuroscience , genetics , gene , phenotype
Primary cilia project from the surface of most vertebrate cells, and function in sensation and signaling during both development and adult tissue homeostasis. Mounting evidence links ciliary defects with a wide variety of diseases, underscoring the importance of understanding how these dynamic organelles are assembled and maintained. However, despite their physiological and clinical relevance, the logic and machinery that regulate ciliogenesis remain largely enigmatic. Here, we summarize emerging data that connect the assembly and disassembly of the primary cilium to cell cycle progression and we examine how determinants of cell architecture, including the planar cell polarity pathway, may regulate ciliogenesis. Additionally, identification of the genes underlying diverse ciliopathies in human patients is shedding light on the regulation of the formation of this complex organelle. Developmental Dynamics 237:1972–1981, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.