Mia J. Konjikusic

The paper shows that cilia and BBS4 are essential for postnatal pituitary development through Hedgehog signaling.

The paper shows that SMO inhibits PKA at cilia to activate the HH signaling pathway, dependent on GRK2/3.

The paper compares turnover rates of multiciliated cells in the mouse trachea, oviduct, and brain, finding similar rates in the trachea and oviduct but slower turnover in brain ependymal cells.

This study shows that the Reissner fiber, secreted by the subcomissural organ in zebrafish, is essential for spine morphogenesis and its loss leads to scoliosis.

The paper identifies a homozygous KIF6 mutation in a child with neurocranial defects and intellectual disability, showing its role in ependymal cell cilia maintenance and neuro-cranial development through mouse and zebrafish models.