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SUBMITTER: Van Sciver RE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10330881 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Van Sciver Robert E RE Long Alyssa B AB Katz Harrison G HG Gigante Eduardo D ED Caspary Tamara T
Developmental biology 20230518
ARL13B is a small GTPase enriched in cilia. Deletion of Arl13b in mouse kidney results in renal cysts and an associated absence of primary cilia. Similarly, ablation of cilia leads to kidney cysts. To investigate whether ARL13B functions from within cilia to direct kidney development, we examined kidneys of mice expressing an engineered cilia-excluded ARL13B variant, ARL13B<sup>V358A</sup>. These mice retained renal cilia and developed cystic kidneys. Because ARL13B functions as a guanine nucleo ...[more]