CFTR function and prospects for therapy

JR Riordan - Annu. Rev. Biochem., 2008 - annualreviews.org
… past 20 years about the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and to
… of new therapies for cystic fibrosis (CF). The basic ideas are to consider what the CFTR is, …

CFTR structure and cystic fibrosis

N Cant, N Pollock, RC Ford - The international journal of biochemistry & …, 2014 - Elsevier
CFTR functions as a channel with specificity for anions, in particular chloride and bicarbonate.
In this review we look at what is known about CFTR structure and function … : Cystic Fibrosis

CFTR: cystic fibrosis and beyond

MA Mall, D Hartl - 2014 - Eur Respiratory Soc
cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) … and acquired CFTR dysfunction
in patients with cystic fibrosis (… mutant CFTR function. a) In normal airway epithelial cells, …

Understanding how cystic fibrosis mutations disrupt CFTR function: from single molecules to animal models

Y Wang, JA Wrennall, Z Cai, H Li… - The international journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
… Here, we review selectively progress to understand how CF mutations disrupt CFTR function.
We explore CFTR structure and function to explain the molecular mechanisms of CFTR

Structural mechanisms of CFTR function and dysfunction

TC Hwang, JT Yeh, J Zhang, YC Yu, HI Yeh… - Journal of General …, 2018 - rupress.org
Cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance … CFTR (zCFTR). Five areas will be
covered: roles of the R domain in CFTR function, asymmetrical pore and gate in CFTR, CFTR’s …

Structure and function of the CFTR chloride channel

DN Sheppard, MJ Welsh - Physiological reviews, 1999 - journals.physiology.org
… The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a unique member of the
… Dysfunction of CFTR causes the genetic disease cystic fibrosis. The CFTR is composed of …

Targeted therapies to improve CFTR function in cystic fibrosis

M Brodlie, IJ Haq, K Roberts, JS Elborn - Genome medicine, 2015 - Springer
… targets the underlying defect and improves CFTR function in a subgroup of patients in a …
adopted to improve CFTR function: potentiators, which recover the function of CFTR at the apical …

[HTML][HTML] Gentamicin-Induced Correction of CFTR Function in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis and CFTR Stop Mutations

M Wilschanski, Y Yahav, Y Yaacov… - … England Journal of …, 2003 - Mass Medical Soc
CFTR function in about 90 percent of patients with cystic fibrosis who had stop mutations in
CFTR… After gentamicin treatment, the electrophysiological abnormalities caused by the CFTR

Restoration of CFTR function in patients with cystic fibrosis carrying the F508del-CFTR mutation

DD Stefano, VR Villella, S Esposito, A Tosco, A Sepe… - Autophagy, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
CFTR function and improve CF symptoms in vivo. Here we report the therapeutic effect of …
on Cftr F508del mice as well as the capacity of cysteamine to improve CFTR function of ex …

Evidence of CFTR function in cystic fibrosis after systemic administration of 4-phenylbutyrate

PL Zeitlin, M Diener-West, RC Rubenstein, MP Boyle… - Molecular Therapy, 2002 - cell.com
… This short-term phase I/II study demonstrates proof of principle that modulation of ΔF508
CFTR biosynthesis and trafficking is a viable therapeutic approach for cystic fibrosis. …