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Targeting F508del-CFTR to develop rational new therapies for cystic fibrosis.
Acta pharmacologica Sinica - 1 Jun 2011
Cai Zhi-wei, Liu Jia, Li Hong-yu, Sheppard David N
Abstract excerpt
The mutation F508del is the commonest cause of the genetic disease cystic fibrosis (CF). CF disrupts the function of many organs in the body, most notably the lungs, by perturbing salt and water transport across epithelial surfaces. F508del causes harm in two principal ways. First, the mutation prevents delivery of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) to its correct cellular location,...
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