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Establishing a Zebrafish Functional Assay to Assess the Pathogenicity of Variants of Uncertain Significance in Ciliopathies.
European journal of clinical investigation - 1 May 2026
Aresi Carla, Tonelli Francesca, Mazzotta Concetta, Serpieri Valentina, Masiero Cecilia, Torriani Camilla, Villani Simona, Valente Enza Maria, Forlino Antonella
Abstract excerpt
A zebrafish morpholino knockdown model targeting ahi1 enables efficient phenotypic assessment of ciliopathy-related defects and functional evaluation of variants of uncertain significance. This assay clarifies the impact of VUSs, supporting zebrafish morphants as a reliable platform for validating ciliopathy-associated genetic variants.
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