ABSTRACT Objectives: To characterize the main identified mutations on cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) in a group of children and adolescents at a cystic fibrosis center and its association with the clinical and laboratorial characteristics. Method: Descriptive cross-sectiona...
Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive multisystemic disease caused by a mutation in the gene encoding the CFTR protein (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator). For decades treatments were focused on pulmonary and extrapulmonary symptoms, but in recent years new treatments based on genet...
Abstract Objective: Interleukin 8 protein promotes inflammatory responses, even in airways. The presence of interleukin 8 gene variants causes altered inflammatory responses and possibly varied responses to inhaled bronchodilators. Thus, this study analyzed the interleukin 8 variants (rs4073, rs2227306,...
INTRODUCCIÓN: La fibrosis quística (FQ) es la enfermedad autosómica recesiva más frecuente entre las poblaciones caucásicas, con una frecuencia de 1 en 2000 a 3000 nacidos vivos. Esta patología es producida por la mutación del gen que codifica la proteína reguladora de la conductancia transmembra...
