Senior-Loken syndrome type 6

Senior-Loken syndrome type 6

An autosomal recessive disorder (OMIM:610189) characterised by progressive wasting of nephrons, with or without medullary cystic kidney disease, and progressive tapetoretinal degeneration.
 
Molecular pathology
Caused by defects of CEP290, which encodes a protein belonging to the tectonic-like complex that is required for tissue-specific ciliogenesis and may regulate cilia membrane composition.