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Synergy-based small-molecule screen using a human lung epithelial cell line yields ΔF508-CFTR correctors that augment VX-809 maximal efficacy.
Molecular pharmacology - 1 Jul 2014
Phuan Puay-Wah, Veit Guido, Tan Joseph, Roldan Ariel, Finkbeiner Walter E, Lukacs Gergely L, Verkman A S
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The most prevalent cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mutation causing cystic fibrosis, ΔF508, impairs folding of nucleotide binding domain (NBD) 1 and stability of the interface between NBD1 and the membrane-spanning domains. The interfacial stability defect can be partia...
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