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Decreased expression of the CFTR protein in remodeled human nasal epithelium from non-cystic fibrosis patients.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology - 1 Feb 1995
Brezillon S, Dupuit F, Hinnrasky J, Marchand V, Kälin N, Tümmler B, Puchelle E
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BACKGROUND: In normal adult pseudostratified human nasal surface epithelium, the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is localized to the apical domain of the ciliated cells, whereas in cystic fibrosis (CF), the mutated delta F 508 CFTR exhibits an abnormal cytoplasmic localization. Frequent airway injuries either in CF or non-CF patients may induce a remodeling of the surface epithelium...
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