Oyster ciliary inhibition by cystic fibrosis factor.
Ciliary inhibition in oysters serves as an assay in identifying a serum factor in cystic fibrosis patients and heterozygotes. Seriums from 47 patients With cystic fibrosis antd 19 heterozygotes caused ciliary cessation within 35 minutes, whereas serums from only 2 of 64 individuals without cystic fibrosis inhibited ciliary activity within this time.
D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000097:blood; D002923:Cilia / Q000187:drug effects*; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000097:blood*; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D005880:Gills / Q000502:physiology*; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D008974:Mollusca; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000097:blood; D012623:Seawater