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Is Bronchoscopy An Obsolete Tool In Cystic Fibrosis? The Role Of Bronchoscopy In Cystic Fibrosis And Its Clinical Use, Lisa Paul
NYMC Faculty Publications
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a progressive life threatening multisystem genetic disease which affects the CF transmembrane conductance regulator channel. Respiratory causes remain the most common mortality in CF. With the onset of newborn screening, initiating treatments both for prophylaxis and disease management, optimizing nutritional support, and developing therapies targeting CF transmembrane conductance regulator protein, this has significantly changed the face of managing this devastating disease. Bronchoscopy and related procedures such as bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), transbronchial biopsies, and protected brush sampling have been looked at in the management of CF as patients with CF continue to live longer with the help …
Cystic Fibrosis: Cftr, Complications, And Prospective Therapies, Rachel L. Rose
Cystic Fibrosis: Cftr, Complications, And Prospective Therapies, Rachel L. Rose
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
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Cystic Fibrosis: Biological And Ethical Considerations, Sarah Elizabeth Milam
Cystic Fibrosis: Biological And Ethical Considerations, Sarah Elizabeth Milam
Honors Theses
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a progressive, multisystem disease whose etiology is a genetic mutation in the CF gene product, cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). The disorder affects all exocrine glands, with common symptoms involving the lungs and pancreas. Although the CF gene and its protein product have been identified, two aspects of the disease make CF particularly difficult to diagnose and manage: (a) variability in both degree and pattern of the mutation in different individuals and (b) lack of information regarding the precise molecular and cellular mechanisms responsible. Let us begin by examining the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of the …