Acquired Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Dysfunction and Radiographic Bronchiectasis in Current and Former Smokers: A Cross-Sectional Study

Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 Jan;16(1):150-153. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201805-325RL.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bronchiectasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Bronchiectasis / genetics*
  • Bronchiectasis / physiopathology
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Cystic Fibrosis / genetics
  • Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator / genetics*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / genetics
  • Smoking / adverse effects*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • CFTR protein, human
  • Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator