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ArticleBioscience2014

Cilia and Diseases.

Jason M Brown, George B Witman

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Article in Bioscience, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 111 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
111citing papers in PubMed
15.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

111 citing papers in PubMed, 204 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Ciliary-Mediated Mechanotransduction in Skeletal Development and Diseases.Results and problems in cell differentiation · 2026
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  3. The Role of the Hedgehog Pathway in Alcohol-Induced Birth Defects.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  7. Emerging insights into primary ciliary dyskinesia-associated hydrocephalus: a scoping review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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  8. Mouse radial spoke 3 is a metabolic and regulatory hub in cilia.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2025
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  10. Cilia and transcription: a mini review.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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  11. mSphere · 2024
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51 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jason M BrownGeorge B. Witman ( george.witman@umassmed.edu ) is a professor of cell and developmental biology and the George F. Booth Chair in Basic Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Jason M. Brown trained as a postdoctoral fellow with GBW and is an assistant professor of biology at Salem State University, in Salem, Massachusetts.
George B WitmanGeorge B. Witman ( george.witman@umassmed.edu ) is a professor of cell and developmental biology and the George F. Booth Chair in Basic Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Jason M. Brown trained as a postdoctoral fellow with GBW and is an assistant professor of biology at Salem State University, in Salem, Massachusetts.
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Flagellar Motility and AssemlbyR37GM030626 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI WITMAN, GEORGE B · 2007 to 2016
$6.3M
MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF FLAGELLAR MOTILITYR01GM030626 · NIGMS · WORCESTER FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI WITMAN, GEORGE B · 1985 to 2006
$3.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM030626NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM030626
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent decades, cilia have moved from relative obscurity to a position of importance for understanding multiple complex human diseases. Now termed the ciliopathies, these diseases inflict devastating effects on millions of people worldwide. In this review, written primarily for teachers and students who may not yet be aware of the recent exciting developments in this field, we provide a general overview of our current understanding of cilia and human disease. We start with an introduction to cilia structure and assembly and indicate where they are found in the human body. We then discuss the clinical features of selected ciliopathies, with an emphasis on primary ciliary dyskinesia, polycystic kidney disease, and retinal degeneration. The history of ciliopathy research involves a fascinating interplay between basic and clinical sciences, highlighted in a timeline. Finally, we summarize the relative strengths of individual model organisms for ciliopathy research; many of these are suitable for classroom use.

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blindnessciliaciliopathiescystic kidney diseaseflagella

Identifiers

PMID25960570
PMCPMC4420261
OpenAlexW2132840587

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