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A mutation in the β-subunit of ENaC identified in a patient with cystic fibrosis-like symptoms has a gain-of-function effect.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology - 1 Jan 2013
Rauh Robert, Soell Daniel, Haerteis Silke, Diakov Alexei, Nesterov Viatcheslav, Krueger Bettina, Sticht Heinrich, Korbmacher Christoph
Abstract excerpt
In some patients with atypical cystic fibrosis (CF), only one allele of the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene is affected. Mutations of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) may contribute to the pathophysiology of the disease in these patients. To functionally characterize a mutation in the β-subunit of ENaC (βV348M) recently identified in a patient with severe CF-like symptoms (Mutesa et al....
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