Publication Date:
2015-10-01
Description:
Article Cystic fibrosis imposes a decline in quality of life but new treatments are being developed that target specific CFTR variants. Here the authors identify five genome loci significantly associated with variation in disease severity in a meta-analysis, which may provide targets for individualized treatment of cystic fibrosis. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms9382 Authors: Harriet Corvol, Scott M. Blackman, Pierre-Yves Boëlle, Paul J. Gallins, Rhonda G. Pace, Jaclyn R. Stonebraker, Frank J. Accurso, Annick Clement, Joseph M. Collaco, Hong Dang, Anthony T. Dang, Arianna Franca, Jiafen Gong, Loic Guillot, Katherine Keenan, Weili Li, Fan Lin, Michael V. Patrone, Karen S. Raraigh, Lei Sun, Yi-Hui Zhou, Wanda K. O’Neal, Marci K. Sontag, Hara Levy, Peter R. Durie, Johanna M. Rommens, Mitchell L. Drumm, Fred A. Wright, Lisa J. Strug, Garry R. Cutting, Michael R. Knowles
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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