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Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetic disorder characterized by defects in motile cilia and is known to occur in about 1 in 20,000 live births (Horani and Ferkol, 2018). Among the many genes associated with PCD, NME5, a gene encoding a protein involved in ciliary function, was recently reported to be involved in PCD (Anderegg et al., 2019; Cho et al., 2020). We have established two human induced pluripotent stem cell clones from a PCD patient carrying a deletion in the NME5 gene (c.415delA (p.Ile139Tyrfs*8)).

Cyclin O (CCNO) is involved in cell cycle regulation and mutations of CCNO are linked to the rare genetic disease primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD). Mutations in CCNO are associated with reduced cilia number and cilia agenesis on epithelia of the respiratory tract. This article deals with the description of two hiPSC lines generated from a PCD patient carrying a mutation in exon 1 of the CCNO gene. The lines offer a valuable tool for in vitro modeling PCD pathophysiology.

Dynein axonemal heavy chain 5 (DNAH5) is part of a microtubule-associated protein complex found within the cilia of the lung. Mutations in the DNAH5 gene lead to impaired ciliary function and are linked to primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), a rare autosomal recessive disorder. We established two human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) lines generated from a patient with PCD and homozygous mutation in the corresponding DNAH5 gene. These cell lines represent an excellent tool for modeling the ciliary dysfunction in PCD.