VIP17/MAL expression modulates epithelial cyst formation and ciliogenesis
Takiar V, Mistry K, Carmosino M, Schaeren-Wiemers N, Caplan MJ. VIP17/MAL expression modulates epithelial cyst formation and ciliogenesis. American Journal Of Physiology - Cell Physiology 2012, 303: c862-c871. PMID: 22895261, PMCID: PMC3469709, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00338.2011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal cystogenesisPrimary ciliaVectorial solute transportApical vesicle transportConsequence of defectsEpithelial cellsEpithelial cyst formationPolarized organizationRenal epithelial cellsBasolateral markersVesicle transportIntegral proteinsAbsent ciliaCiliary defectsExpression resultsAberrant sortingCiliary morphologyOverexpressing cellsImmunofluorescence analysisCiliaCystogenesisCiliogenesisOverexpressionCyst developmentTransgenic mice