title: [New therapeutic approaches to Cystic fibrosis].
abstract: Since the cloning of the defective gene in cystic fibrosis, much has been learned on the function of CFTR and on the mechanisms regulating its expression. Based on the current understanding of the processes involved in lung disease progression, a number of approaches have been developed using gene therapy and pharmacological agents. Several of these agents have been reported to restitute a function to CFTR with specific mutations. Other molecules act on channels other than CFTR, and may be effective by bypassing CFTR itself. In the present review the various therapeutical strategies currently investigated are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Association ABCF Protéine, hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris.
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Willemot
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sermet Gaudelus
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lenoir
mesh_terms: D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype
chemical_list: C505032:CFTR protein, human; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator; D003078:Colchicine