Bicarbonate defective CFTR variants increase risk for chronic pancreatitis: A meta-analysis

<h4>Introduction</h4> Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) plays a central role in pancreatic ductal fluid secretion by mediating Cl- and HCO3- ion transport across the apical membrane. Severe CFTR mutations that diminish chloride conductance cause cystic fibrosis (...

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Main Authors: Gergő Berke, Noémi Gede, Letícia Szadai, Klementina Ocskay, Péter Hegyi, Miklós Sahin-Tóth, Eszter Hegyi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9584382/?tool=EBI