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Johannes Ptok

Düsseldorf University Hospital

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CCB79 is a primate-specific cilium initiation factor essential to maintain neural progenitor diversity in developing brain tissue.

Dhanasekaran Rathinam, Vaibhav Jadhav, Seema Wasim, Dina Elkahwagy, Nazlican Altinisik, Enes Cicek, Tejas Borkar, Aruljothi Mariappan, Omkar Suhas Vinchure, Nadine Poempner, Ziliang Zhao, Samhan M. Alsolami, Mo Li, Johannes Ptok, Christian Eggeling, , Jay Gopalakrishnan

This study identifies CCB79 as a primate-specific protein essential for maintaining neural progenitor diversity in developing brains by regulating ciliogenesis.

bioRxiv · Aug 1, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience