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ArticleEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG2021

Cell-based assay for ciliopathy patients to improve accurate diagnosis using ALPACA.

Cenna Doornbos, Ronald van Beek, Ernie M H F Bongers, Dorien Lugtenberg, Peter H M Klaren, Lisenka E L M Vissers, Ronald Roepman, Machteld M Oud

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Article in European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cenna DoornbosDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Cenna.Doornbos@radboudumc.nl.ORCID 0000-0002-0613-3651
Ronald van BeekDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Ernie M H F BongersDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Dorien LugtenbergDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Peter H M KlarenDepartment of Animal Ecology and Physiology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Lisenka E L M VissersDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6470-5497
Ronald RoepmanDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Machteld M OudDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Machteld.Oud@radboudumc.nl.ORCID 0000-0003-4864-9346
Radboud University Nijmegen · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skeletal ciliopathies are a group of disorders caused by dysfunction of the cilium, a small signaling organelle present on nearly every vertebrate cell. This group of disorders is marked by genetic and clinical heterogeneity, which complicates accurate diagnosis. In this study, we developed a robust, standardized immunofluorescence approach to accurately diagnose a subset of these disorders. Hereto we determined and compared the cilium phenotype of healthy individuals to patients from three different ciliopathy subgroups, using skin-derived fibroblasts. The cilium phenotype assay consists of three parameters; (1) ciliogenesis, based on the presence or absence of cilium markers, (2) cilium length, measured by the combined signal of an axonemal and a cilium membrane marker, and (3) retrograde intraflagellar transport (IFT), quantified by the area of the ciliary tip. Analysis of the cilium phenotypic data yielded comparable and reproducible results and in addition, displayed identifiable clusters for healthy individuals and two ciliopathy subgroups, i.e. ATD and CED. Our results illustrate that standardized analysis of the cilium phenotype can be used to discriminate between ciliopathy subgroups. Therefore, we believe that standardization of functional assays analyzing cilium phenotypic data can provide additional proof for conclusive diagnosis of ciliopathies, which is essential for routine diagnostic care.

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Cells, CulturedCiliaCiliopathiesFibroblastsGenetic HeterogeneityGenetic TestingHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansPhenotypeSensitivity and Specificity

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PMID34040173
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