Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Primary cilia and SHH signaling impairments in human and mouse models of Parkinson’s disease

  • Sebastian Schmidt,
  • Malte D. Luecken,
  • Dietrich Trümbach,
  • Sina Hembach,
  • Kristina M. Niedermeier,
  • Nicole Wenck,
  • Klaus Pflügler,
  • Constantin Stautner,
  • Anika Böttcher,
  • Heiko Lickert,
  • Ciro Ramirez-Suastegui,
  • Ruhel Ahmad,
  • Michael J. Ziller,
  • Julia C. Fitzgerald,
  • Viktoria Ruf,
  • Wilma D. J. van de Berg,
  • Allert J. Jonker,
  • Thomas Gasser,
  • Beate Winner,
  • Jürgen Winkler,
  • Daniela M. Vogt Weisenhorn,
  • Florian Giesert,
  • Fabian J. Theis,
  • Wolfgang Wurst

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32229-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 25

Abstract

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Here, the authors reveal using single-cell RNA sequencing that Parkinson’s disease (PD) patient-derived neuronal cells show altered primary cilia morphology and signaling suggesting cilia dysfunction may underlie PD pathogenesis.