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Does the F508-CFTR mutation induce a proinflammatory response in human airway epithelial cells?
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology - 15 Sept 2012
Hampton Thomas H, Ballok Alicia E, Bomberger Jennifer M, Rutkowski Melanie R, Barnaby Roxanna, Coutermarsh Bonita, Conejo-Garcia José R, O'Toole George A, Stanton Bruce A
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In the clinical setting, mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene enhance the inflammatory response in the lung to Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) infection. However, studies on human airway epithelial cells in vitro have produced conflicting results...
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