Candida albicans in cystic fibrosis: “Opening statements presented, let the trial begin”

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Chotirmall, Sanjay Haresh
• مؤلفون آخرون: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2017
• الموضوعات: Candida; Cystic Fibrosis
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80787; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42259
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic destructive genetic disease resulting from dysfunction of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) protein that encodes an apically located chloride ion channel on the cellular epithelial surface. Within the lung, this causes mucociliary impair...