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Justine Masson1, Vincent El Ghouzzi2
1UMR-S 1270 Institut du Fer à Moulin INSERM, Sorbonne University, F-75005 Paris, France.
Abstract:
The Golgi apparatus (GA) is essential for intracellular sorting, trafficking and the targeting of proteins to specific cellular compartments. Anatomically, the GA spreads all over the cell but is also particularly enriched close to the base of the primary cilium. This peculiar organelle protrudes at the surface of almost all cells and fulfills many cellular functions, in particular during development, when a dysfunction of the primary cilium can lead to disorders called ciliopathies. While ciliopathies caused by loss of ciliated proteins have been extensively documented, several studies suggest that alterations of GA and GA-associated proteins can also affect ciliogenesis. Here, we aim to discuss how the loss-of-function of genes coding these proteins induces ciliary defects and results in ciliopathies.
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