Quantitative Assessment of Ciliary Ultrastructure with the Use of Automatic Analysis: PCD Quant
Open Access
- 29 July 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Diagnostics
- Vol. 11 (8), 1363
- https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11081363
Abstract
The ciliary ultrastructure can be damaged in various situations. Such changes include primary defects found in primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) and secondary defects developing in secondary ciliary dyskinesia (SCD). PCD is a genetic disease resulting from impaired ciliary motility causing chronic disease of the respiratory tract. SCD is an acquired condition that can be caused, for example, by respiratory infection or exposure to tobacco smoke. The diagnosis of these diseases is a complex process with many diagnostic methods, including the evaluation of ciliary ultrastructure using transmission electron microscopy (the golden standard of examination). Our goal was to create a program capable of automatic quantitative analysis of the ciliary ultrastructure, determining the ratio of primary and secondary defects, as well as analysis of the mutual orientation of cilia in the ciliary border. PCD Quant, a program developed for the automatic quantitative analysis of cilia, cannot yet be used as a stand-alone method for evaluation and provides limited assistance in classifying primary and secondary defect classes and evaluating central pair angle deviations. Nevertheless, we see great potential for the future in automatic analysis of the ciliary ultrastructure.Funding Information
- Univerzita Karlova v Praze (670119P)
- Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic (00064203)
- Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic (NV19-07-00210)
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