Residual CFTR function in cystic fibrosis was associated with better glucose tolerance and insulin secretion, with CFTR ...

To clarify whether CFTR is a molecular target of intestinal fluid secretion caused by the anthraquinone compounds from laxative herbal plants. In the present study, we determined the potentiating ...

The all-too-common deadly disease of young people, cystic fibrosis (CF), is caused by failure of a chloride-ion channel with the unwieldy name of CFTR, standing for cystic fibrosis transmembrane ...

Fluorescence microscope image of cells in the lung’s blood vessels. The study has shown for the first time that these cells possess a CFTR chloride channel (green), and that lung inflammation-induced ...

Protein misfolding is a likely culprit in many degenerative disorders. Cystic fibrosis, for instance, is caused by mutations in the CFTR gene that prevent the eponymous protein from assuming its ...