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- initialism biochemistry Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
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Soon after, we and others were able to show that this mutation and other less common misspellings in this same gene, now called CFTR, account for virtually all cases of the disease.
The Language of God Francis S. Collins 2006
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Soon after, we and others were able to show that this mutation and other less common misspellings in this same gene, now called CFTR, account for virtually all cases of the disease.
The Language of God Francis S. Collins 2006
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About 30,000 Americans have cystic fibrosis, which is caused by mutations in a gene called CFTR that is responsible for transport of chloride ions across cell membranes.
NYT > Home Page By ANDREW POLLACK 2012
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VX-770, known as a CFTR potentiator, aims to increase the function of defective CFTR proteins by increasing the gating activity, or ability to transport ions across the cell membrane, of CFTR at the cell surface.
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VX-809, known as a CFTR corrector, aims to increase CFTR function by increasing the trafficking, or movement, of CFTR to the cell surface.
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New Treatments For PKD (Apr. 6, 2008) - A family of small molecules called CFTR inhibitors show promising effects in slowing the progression of polycystic kidney disease, the most common genetic disease of the kidneys.
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A family of small molecules called CFTR inhibitors show promising effects in slowing the progression ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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The US scientists trying to work out why cystic fibrosis patients get this infection have discovered that the protein called CFTR that is either missing or not working properly in their lungs is needed by our bodies to recognise when Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria are inhaled.
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Thiazolidinones such as CFTR inh-172 inhibit CFTR with IC50 down to 200 nM by binding to a intracellular site on CFTR and stabilizing its closed channel state (Ma et al. J. Clin.
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The CFTR gene regulates the transport of chloride and water in the body.
FDA Approves Cystic Fibrosis Drug Jonathan D. Rockoff 2012
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