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Reduced exhaled NO is related to impaired nasal potential difference in patients with cystic fibrosis.
Vascular pharmacology - 1 Dec 2005
Texereau J, Fajac I, Hubert D, Coste J, Dusser D J, Bienvenu T, Dall'Ava-Santucci J, Dinh-Xuan A T
Abstract excerpt
Nitric oxide (NO) plays a central role in many airway physiological functions, and its production appears to be related with progression of lung disease in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). However, underlying mechanisms which specifically link NO and CF-related lung disease remain unclear. Following in vitro and animal studies suggesting a role for NO in ion transport in various epithelia, this work...
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