Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

X-linked primary ciliary dyskinesia due to mutations in the cytoplasmic axonemal dynein assembly factor PIH1D3

  • Chiara Olcese,
  • Mitali P. Patel,
  • Amelia Shoemark,
  • Santeri Kiviluoto,
  • Marie Legendre,
  • Hywel J. Williams,
  • Cara K. Vaughan,
  • Jane Hayward,
  • Alice Goldenberg,
  • Richard D. Emes,
  • Mustafa M. Munye,
  • Laura Dyer,
  • Thomas Cahill,
  • Jeremy Bevillard,
  • Corinne Gehrig,
  • Michel Guipponi,
  • Sandra Chantot,
  • Philippe Duquesnoy,
  • Lucie Thomas,
  • Ludovic Jeanson,
  • Bruno Copin,
  • Aline Tamalet,
  • Christel Thauvin-Robinet,
  • Jean- François Papon,
  • Antoine Garin,
  • Isabelle Pin,
  • Gabriella Vera,
  • Paul Aurora,
  • Mahmoud R. Fassad,
  • Lucy Jenkins,
  • Christopher Boustred,
  • Thomas Cullup,
  • Mellisa Dixon,
  • Alexandros Onoufriadis,
  • Andrew Bush,
  • Eddie M. K. Chung,
  • Stylianos E. Antonarakis,
  • Michael R. Loebinger,
  • Robert Wilson,
  • Miguel Armengot,
  • Estelle Escudier,
  • Claire Hogg,
  • UK10K Rare Group,
  • Serge Amselem,
  • Zhaoxia Sun,
  • Lucia Bartoloni,
  • Jean-Louis Blouin,
  • Hannah M. Mitchison

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14279
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetically heterogeneous disease resulting in reduced mucus clearance and impaired lung function. Here, the authors show that mutations in PIH1D3 are responsible for an X-linked form of PCD, affecting assembly of a subset of inner arm dyneins.