CFTR

Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive genetic disease that carries pathobiological properties and results from a genetic mutation on the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductivity regulator (CFTR) gene [1]. In individuals with cystic fibrosis, the CFTR gene has been found to contain more than 1,000 mutations. The majority of these mutations affect the CFTR protein’s amino […]