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Ivacaftor treatment in patients with cystic fibrosis and the G551D-CFTR mutation.
European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society - 1 Mar 2013
Sermet-Gaudelus Isabelle
Abstract excerpt
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive lethal disease caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene that encodes for CFTR, an epithelial cell-surface expressed protein responsible for the transport of chloride (Cl(-)). Gating mutations associated with defective conductance can be modulated by CFTR potentiators. Ivacaftor is a CFTR potentiator approved for the...
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