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Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator expression in human spinal and sympathetic ganglia.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology - 1 Jun 2009
Niu Na, Zhang Jie, Guo Yong, Yang Chunzhang, Gu Jiang
Abstract excerpt
Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a chloride channel protein, and mutations of its gene cause cystic fibrosis. CFTR is known to be expressed in epithelial cells of the respiratory, digestive and reproductive tracts. It is also present in rat neurons and heart ganglion cells. In humans, it is expressed in the hypothalamus, but has not been identified in other parts of the human nervous...
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