The future of cystic fibrosis care: a global perspective

SC Bell, MA Mall, H Gutierrez, M Macek… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Executive summary The past six decades have seen remarkable improvements in health
outcomes for people with cystic fibrosis, which was once a fatal disease of infants and young …

[HTML][HTML] CFTR modulator theratyping: Current status, gaps and future directions

JP Clancy, CU Cotton, SH Donaldson… - Journal of Cystic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background New drugs that improve the function of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane
conductance regulator (CFTR) protein with discreet disease-causing variants have been …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 reverse genetics reveals a variable infection gradient in the respiratory tract

YJ Hou, K Okuda, CE Edwards, DR Martinez… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The mode of acquisition and causes for the variable clinical spectrum of coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) remain unknown. We utilized a reverse genetics system to generate a …

[HTML][HTML] Airway stem cell reconstitution by the transplantation of primary or pluripotent stem cell-derived basal cells

L Ma, BR Thapa, JA Le Suer, A Tilston-Lünel… - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Life-long reconstitution of a tissue's resident stem cell compartment with engrafted cells has
the potential to durably replenish organ function. Here, we demonstrate the engraftment of …

Localization of secretory mucins MUC5AC and MUC5B in normal/healthy human airways

K Okuda, G Chen, DB Subramani, M Wolf… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: MUC5AC and MUC5B are the predominant gel-forming mucins in the mucus
layer of human airways. Each mucin has distinct functions and site-specific expression …

[HTML][HTML] Derivation of airway basal stem cells from human pluripotent stem cells

FJ Hawkins, S Suzuki, ML Beermann, C Barillà… - Cell Stem Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The derivation of tissue-specific stem cells from human induced pluripotent stem cells
(iPSCs) would have broad reaching implications for regenerative medicine. Here, we report …

Ion channel modulators in cystic fibrosis

M Gentzsch, MA Mall - Chest, 2018 - Elsevier
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance
regulator (CFTR) gene and remains one of the most common life-shortening genetic …

[HTML][HTML] IL-1β dominates the promucin secretory cytokine profile in cystic fibrosis

G Chen, L Sun, T Kato, K Okuda… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease is characterized by early and persistent mucus
accumulation and neutrophilic inflammation in the distal airways. Identification of the factors …

Long-term differentiating primary human airway epithelial cell cultures: how far are we?

Z Bukowy-Bieryłło - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2021 - Springer
Background Human airway epithelial (HAE) cellular models are widely used in applicative
studies of the airway physiology and disease. In vitro expanded and differentiated primary …

Correction of CFTR function in nasal epithelial cells from cystic fibrosis patients predicts improvement of respiratory function by CFTR modulators

IM Pranke, A Hatton, J Simonin, JP Jais… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Clinical studies with modulators of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane conductance
Regulator (CFTR) protein have demonstrated that functional restoration of the mutated …