Treatment of Pulmonary Disease of Cystic Fibrosis: A Comprehensive Review

• Main Authors: Rosa María Girón Moreno (Author), Marta García-Clemente (Author), Layla Diab-Cáceres (Author), Adrián Martínez-Vergara (Author), Miguel Ángel Martínez-García (Author), Rosa Mar Gómez-Punter (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease that causes absence or dysfunction of a protein named transmembrane conductance regulatory protein (CFTR) that works as an anion channel. As a result, the secretions of the organs where CFTR is expressed are very viscous, so their functionality is altered. T...