2022
Non-cell-autonomous activation of hedgehog signaling contributes to disease progression in a mouse model of renal cystic ciliopathy
Hsieh CL, Jerman SJ, Sun Z. Non-cell-autonomous activation of hedgehog signaling contributes to disease progression in a mouse model of renal cystic ciliopathy. Human Molecular Genetics 2022, 31: 4228-4240. PMID: 35904445, PMCID: PMC9759329, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddac175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHh pathwayAutonomous activationMesenchymal cellsPolycystic kidney diseaseEpithelial cellsCre miceGli inhibitor GANT61Reporter mouse linePrimary ciliaHH signalingHedgehog signalingPKD pathogenesisArl13bSonic hedgehogMutant kidneysPKD modelPKD progressionHh activationKidney functionKidney diseaseCyst progressionCo-culture systemMouse linesMouse modelDistal nephron
2016
Deletion of ADP Ribosylation Factor-Like GTPase 13B Leads to Kidney Cysts
Li Y, Tian X, Ma M, Jerman S, Kong S, Somlo S, Sun Z. Deletion of ADP Ribosylation Factor-Like GTPase 13B Leads to Kidney Cysts. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2016, 27: 3628-3638. PMID: 27153923, PMCID: PMC5118478, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2015091004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere patterning defectsMultiple model organismsSmall GTPase essentialDefective hedgehog signalingCystic kidneysNumber of phenotypesKidney cyst formationKidney cystsJoubert syndromeGTPase essentialZebrafish leadsPatterning defectsBiogenesis defectsModel organismsCilia biogenesisLoss of functionCyst progressionDefective ciliaHistone deacetylase inhibitorsHuman mutationsNull mutationHedgehog signalingHypomorphic natureRescue experimentsNeural tube
2009
Cilia localization is essential for in vivo functions of the Joubert syndrome protein Arl13b/Scorpion
Duldulao NA, Lee S, Sun Z. Cilia localization is essential for in vivo functions of the Joubert syndrome protein Arl13b/Scorpion. Development 2009, 136: 4033-4042. PMID: 19906870, PMCID: PMC2778746, DOI: 10.1242/dev.036350.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCilia formationVivo functionJoubert syndromeSeries of deletionsSonic hedgehog (Shh) signalingCilia localizationCiliary localizationNull mutantsPoint mutantsGene productsHedgehog signalingArl13bCiliary defectsMutantsKidney ductsZebrafishCiliaAutosomal recessive disorderAbnormal ultrastructureScorpionsRecessive disorderLocalizationRecent studiesKnockdownSignaling