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Islet-intrinsic effects of CFTR mutation.
Diabetologia - 1 Jul 2016
Koivula Fiona N Manderson, McClenaghan Neville H, Harper Alan G S, Kelly Catriona
Abstract excerpt
Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD) is the most significant extra-pulmonary comorbidity in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, and accelerates lung decline. In addition to the traditional view that CFRD is a consequence of fibrotic destruction of the pancreas as a whole, emerging evidence may implicate a role for cystic fibrosis transmembrane-conductance regulator (CFTR) in the regulation of insulin secretion from...
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