
Cilia: From Mechanisms to Disease–Part B
- 1st Edition, Volume 176 - April 21, 2023
- Editors: Jose Manuel Bravo-San Pedro, Lorenzo Galluzzi
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 5 8 8 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 5 8 9 - 2
Cilia: From Mechanisms to Disease Part B, Volume 176 of the Methods in Cell Biology series, presents interesting chapters on topics such as The challenge of dissecting gene… Read more

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Request a sales quoteCilia: From Mechanisms to Disease Part B, Volume 176 of the Methods in Cell Biology series, presents interesting chapters on topics such as The challenge of dissecting gene function in model organisms: tools to characterize genetic mutants and assess transcriptional adaptation in zebrafish, Human LUHMES and NES cells as models for studying primary cilia in neurons, Fixation methods and immunolabeling for cilia proteins in ciliary and extraciliary locations, Single-molecule imaging in the primary cilium, Methods to analyze primary cilia in mouse cardiac lesion model, Methods to study motile ciliated cell types in a zebrafish brain mode, and more.
Other sections cover Clinical and Molecular diagnosis in BBS (Bardet-Biedl syndrome), Modeling ciliopathies in patient-derived primary cells, Analysis of motility and mucociliary function of tracheal epithelial cilia, High-speed Super-resolution SPEED Microscopy to study Live Primary Cilium, Methods for siRNA delivery in retina explants, Methods to study primary cilia and autophagy in the brain, and more.
- Offers a detailed overview of the protocols used to study cilia structure and various aspects of ciliary function
- Provides an approach to the study of some diseases related to ciliary dysfunction, also known as ciliopathies
- Written in an accessible style by renowned experts in the field
Students and entry-level scientists who are for the first time approaching the study of cilia, as well as experienced researchers.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Cilia: From Mechanisms to Disease - Part B
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 1: The challenge of dissecting gene function in model organisms: Tools to characterize genetic mutants and assess transcriptional adaptation in zebrafish
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Methods
- 3: Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 2: Human LUHMES and NES cells as models for studying primary cilia in neurons
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Concluding remarks
- 3: Notes
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 3: Fixation methods and immunolabeling for cilia proteins in ciliary and extraciliary locations
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Cell culture
- 3: Immunolabeling cilia proteins based on desired area(s) of analysis
- 4: Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 4: Single-molecule imaging in the primary cilium
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Sample preparation
- 3: Super-resolution imaging
- 4: Single-molecule tracking
- 5: Discussion
- 6: Notes
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 5: Methods for studying primary cilia in heart tissue after ischemia-reperfusion injury
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Myocardial fibrosis induced by ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in mice
- 3: Analysis of primary cilia in heart tissue after I/R
- 4: Isolation of adult mouse fibroblasts and cardiomyocytes for the study of cilia
- 5: Concluding remarks
- 6: Notes
- References
- Chapter 6: Methods to study motile ciliated cell types in the zebrafish brain
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Methods
- 3: Concluding remarks
- 4: Notes
- References
- Chapter 7: Clinical and molecular diagnosis of Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS)
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Clinical diagnosis
- 3: Genetic basis and inheritance pattern
- 4: Molecular analysis
- 5: Current management of BBS and future therapies
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 8: Modeling ciliopathies in patient-derived primary cells
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Patient-derived dermal fibroblast
- 3: Urine derived renal epithelial cells
- 4: Tubuloid preparation from urine derived renal epithelial cells
- 5: Concluding remarks
- 6: Notes
- References
- Chapter 9: Analysis of motility and mucociliary function of tracheal epithelial cilia
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Semi-organ culture of murine trachea
- 3: Analysis of ciliary motility
- 4: Analysis of cilia-driven flow
- 5: Analysis of the motility of ATP-reactivated ciliary axoneme
- 6: Concluding remarks
- 7: Notes
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 10: High-SPEED super-resolution SPEED microscopy to study primary cilium signaling in vivo
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Concluding Remarks
- Reference
- Chapter 11: Method for siRNA delivery in retina explants
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Reagents and specifications
- 3: Organotypic culture of rat retina explants
- 4: Reverse magnetofection of siRNA in rat retina explants
- 5: Preparation of cryosections from retina explants
- 6: Fluorescent immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining of retina cryosections
- 7: Imaging and analysis of retina cryosections after IHC staining
- 8: Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) of frozen retina sections
- 9: Imaging and analysis of retinal cryosections stained with TUNEL assay
- 10: Western blot of target protein from retina explants
- 11: Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 12: Methods to study primary cilia and autophagy in the brain
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Before you begin
- 3: Step-by-step method details
- 4: Expected outcomes
- 5: Quantification and statistical analysis
- 6: Advantages
- 7: Limitations
- 8: Optimization and troubleshooting
- 9: Safety considerations and standards
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 13: Multi-color live-cell fluorescence imaging of primary ciliary membrane assembly and dynamics
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Lentiviral expression plasmid cloning
- 3: Lentivirus production
- 4: Generation of hTERT RPE-1 stable cell line
- 5: Live-cell imaging of ciliary membrane dynamics
- 6: Image analysis
- 7: Concluding remarks
- 8: Notes
- Acknowledgments
- References
- No. of pages: 270
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 176
- Published: April 21, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443185885
- eBook ISBN: 9780443185892
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