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Evidence against resveratrol as a viable therapy for the rescue of defective ΔF508 CFTR.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Nov 2015
Jai Ying, Shah Kalpit, Bridges Robert J, Bradbury Neil A
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BACKGROUND: Resveratrol, a natural phenolic compound, has been reported to rescue mutant ΔF508 CFTR in expression systems and primary epithelial cells. Although this implies a therapeutic benefit to patients with CF, investigations were performed using resveratrol concentrations greatly in excess of those achievable in plasma. We evaluated the efficacy of resveratrol as a CFTR corrector in relevant primary airway...
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