Cystic fibrosis: basic chemical and cellular mechanisms.

Article

Cystic fibrosis: basic chemical and cellular mechanisms.

British journal of hospital medicine - 1 Jan 2000

Stern M, Geddes D

Abstract excerpt

Cystic fibrosis (CF) primarily affects epithelial-lined organs, the most important being the lungs. Much of the known pathogenesis of the disease has been elucidated by the identification of the gene mutated in CF which encodes the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator, a chloride c...

Topics

Chloride Channels
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7
Cystic Fibrosis
Epithelium
Humans
Intestinal Mucosa
Mutation
Respiratory System

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