Marcin Stanczak

Mr. Marcin Stanczak


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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15 December 2022 in Genes
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USUrszula Smyczynska
Urszula Smyczynska
MSMarcin Stanczak
Marcin Stanczak
MKMiljan Kuljanin
Miljan Kuljanin
AWAneta Wlodarczyk
Aneta Wlodarczyk
ESEwelina Anna Stoczynska-Fidelus
Ewelina Anna Stoczynska-Fidelus
AZAgnieszka Zmysłowska
Agnieszka Zmysłowska
Alström syndrome (ALMS) and Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS) are rare genetic diseases with a number of common clinical features ranging from early-childhood obesity and retinal degeneration. ALMS and BBS belong to the ciliopathies, which are known to have the expression products of genes, encoding them as cilia-localized proteins in multiple target organs. The aim of this study was to perform transcriptomic and proteomic analysis on cellular models of ALMS and BBS syndromes to identify common and distinct pathological mechanisms present in both syndromes. For this purpose, epithelial cells were isolated from the urine of patients and healthy subjects, which were then cultured and reprogrammed into induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. The pathways of genes associated with the metabolism of lipids and glycosaminoglycan and the transport of small molecules were found to be concomitantly downregulated in both diseases, while transcripts related to signal transduction, the immune system, cell cycle control and DNA replication and repair were upregulated. Furthermore, protein pathways associated with autophagy, apoptosis, cilium assembly and Gli1 protein were upregulated in both ciliopathies. These results provide new insights into the common and divergent pathogenic pathways between two similar genetic syndromes, particularly in relation to primary cilium function and abnormalities in cell differentiation.