Title:Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia - An Update on the Genetics of Underlying
Pathological Mechanisms
Volume: 19
Issue: 3
Author(s): Barani Karikalan*Srikumar Chakravarthi
Affiliation:
- Department of Pathology, Mahsa University, Saujana Putra, Selangor, Malaysia
Keywords:
Cilia, genetics, infertility, laterality, respiratory, hydrocephalus.
Abstract: One of the rapidly growing groups of diseases known as ciliopathies is primary ciliary
dyskinesia (PCD), a rare hereditary illness of the motile cilia. Different clinical symptoms of primary
ciliary dyskinesia include infertility, left-right lateralization abnormalities, and chronic upper and
lower respiratory tract disorders. Our knowledge of the genetics underlying primary ciliary dyskinesia
has significantly increased in recent years. Involved in the formation, shape, and operation of
motile cilia are axonemal, cytoplasmic, and regulatory proteins that are encoded by a rising number
of disease-associated genes and pathogenic mutations. We now have a better grasp of the clinical
signs and symptoms of motile ciliopathies because of advances in our understanding of cilia genetics
and the function of the proteins expressed. These developments have altered how we approach
primary ciliary dyskinesia diagnostic testing. The clinical characteristics of primary ciliary dyskinesia,
the evolution of diagnostics, and the discovery of previously unknown genotype-phenotype
connections in primary ciliary dyskinesia will all be covered in this review paper.