To estimate cystic fibrosis (CF) birth rates in Canada from 1971 to 2000 and to assess the population impact of genetic testing in families with a history of CF, after identification of the CF transmembrane conductance regulator gene in 1989.
Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal-recessive disease that is caused by a mutant <i>CFTR</i> (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) gene and is characterized by chronic bacterial lung infections and inflammation.
Liver disease is a severe complication in patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), a genetic disease caused by mutations in the gene encoding for cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) channel.
p.W493R-SCNN1A was detected in three female carriers of F508delCFTR who did not show any symptoms of respiratory or intestinal disease that could be interpreted as the manifestation of CF or CFTR-related disorder.
The aim of this research was to determine if topical application of gentamicin to the nasal epithelium of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) carrying stop mutations can express, in vivo, functional CFTR channels.
Based on previous studies demonstrating the beneficial effect of ivacaftor for PTC mutations following readthrough in vitro, we hypothesized that ivacaftor may enhance CFTR activity in CF patients expressing W1282X CFTR, and could be further enhanced by readthrough.
We suggest undertaking molecular studies extensively to annotate CFTR variants that will help Asian CF individuals to benefit from the precision medicine gaining momentum in the Western countries.
As it is the case for F508del-CFTR (the most common CF mutant), low temperature treatment partially rescues a functional A561E-CFTR channel, suggesting that substitution of glutamic acid for alanine at position 561 does not completely abolish CFTR function.
We show in two independent CF populations that a lower newborn IRT estimate is associated with higher CFRD risk among individuals with severe CFTR genotypes, and we provide evidence to support a causal relationship.
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common inherited disorder in Caucasian populations, with more than 1000 cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mutations presently described.
Oral glucose tolerance tests, mixed-meal tolerance tests, and glucose-potentiated arginine tests were compared preivacaftor initiation and 16 weeks postivacaftor initiation in CF participants with at least one CFTR gating or conductance mutation.
In this review, we provide the latest results and current progress of CFTR modulators for the treatment of cystic fibrosis, focusing on potentiators of CFTR channel gating and Phe508del processing correctors for the Phe508del CFTR mutation.
Here, we show that a simple cellular CF disease model based on the bronchial epithelial ΔF508 cell line CFBE41o- can be used to validate functional CFTR correction.
These observations suggest that CAPN1 constitutes an appealing target for pharmacological intervention, as part of CF combination therapies restoring Phe508del-CFTR function.
We did a 24-week, placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomised clinical trial, which enrolled 69 patients with cystic fibrosis aged 6 years and older with Arg117His-CFTR and percentage of predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 s (% predicted FEV1) of at least 40.