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SUBMITTER: Patnaik SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4466403 | biostudies-other | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Patnaik Sarita Rani SR Raghupathy Rakesh Kotapati RK Zhang Xun X Mansfield David D Shu Xinhua X
Journal of ophthalmology 20150601
Ciliopathies encompass a group of genetic disorders characterized by defects in the formation, maintenance, or function of cilia. Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is frequently one of the clinical features presented in diverse ciliopathies. RP is a heterogeneous group of inherited retinal disorders, characterized by the death of photoreceptors and affecting more than one million individuals worldwide. The retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR) gene is mutated in up to 20% of all RP patients. RPGR ...[more]