Bacterial Sphingomyelinase is a State-Dependent Inhibitor of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane conductance Regulator (CFTR)

Abstract Sphingomyelinase C (SMase) inhibits CFTR chloride channel activity in multiple cell systems, an effect that could exacerbate disease in CF and COPD patients. The mechanism by which sphingomyelin catalysis inhibits CFTR is not known but evidence suggests that it occurs independently of CFTR’...

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Main Authors: B. B. Stauffer, G. Cui, K. A. Cottrill, D. T. Infield, N. A. McCarty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03103-2