Discovery of CFTR modulators for the treatment of cystic fibrosis.

Abstract excerpt

INTRODUCTION: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening inherited disease caused by mutations in the gene encoding the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein, an anion channel expressed at the apical membrane of secretory epithelia. CF leads to multiorgan dysfunction with progressive deterioration of lung function being the major cause of untimely death. Conventional CF therapies target only...

Topics

• Cystic Fibrosis
• Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
• Humans
• Mutation
• Precision Medicine
• Quality of Life