CFTR High Expresser Cells in cystic fibrosis and intestinal diseases
Diego Carlos dos Reis, Parinaz K. Dastoor, Anderson K. Santos, Kaelyn Sumigray, Nadia A. Ameen
Abstract
channel implicated in Cystic Fibrosis, is critical to the pathophysiology of many gastrointestinal diseases. Defects in CFTR lead to intestinal dysfunction, malabsorption, obstruction, infection, inflammation, and cancer that increases morbidity and reduces quality of life. This review will focus on CFTR in the intestine and the implications of the subpopulation of CFTR High Expresser Cells (CHEs) in Cystic Fibrosis (CF), intestinal physiology and pathophysiology of intestinal diseases.
Topics & Concepts
Cystic fibrosisCystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorPathophysiologyMalabsorptionMedicineInflammationIntestinal malabsorptionFibrosisPathologyInternal medicineGastroenterologyDiseaseCoeliac diseaseCystic Fibrosis Research AdvancesNeonatal Respiratory Health ResearchEpigenetics and DNA Methylation