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Targeted therapies to improve CFTR function in cystic fibrosis

Overview of attention for article published in Genome Medicine, September 2015
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Title
Targeted therapies to improve CFTR function in cystic fibrosis
Published in
Genome Medicine, September 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13073-015-0223-6
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Authors

Malcolm Brodlie, Iram J. Haq, Katie Roberts, J. Stuart Elborn

Abstract

Cystic fibrosis is the most common genetically determined, life-limiting disorder in populations of European ancestry. The genetic basis of cystic fibrosis is well established to be mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene that codes for an apical membrane chloride channel principally expressed by epithelial cells. Conventional approaches to cystic fibrosis care involve a heavy daily burden of supportive treatments to combat lung infection, help clear airway secretions and maintain nutritional status. In 2012, a new era of precision medicine in cystic fibrosis therapeutics began with the licensing of a small molecule, ivacaftor, which successfully targets the underlying defect and improves CFTR function in a subgroup of patients in a genotype-specific manner. Here, we review the three main targeted approaches that have been adopted to improve CFTR function: potentiators, which recover the function of CFTR at the apical surface of epithelial cells that is disrupted in class III and IV genetic mutations; correctors, which improve intracellular processing of CFTR, increasing surface expression, in class II mutations; and production correctors or read-through agents, which promote transcription of CFTR in class I mutations. The further development of such approaches offers great promise for future therapeutic strategies in cystic fibrosis.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 246 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 71 29%
Student > Master 38 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 8%
Researcher 18 7%
Student > Postgraduate 17 7%
Other 32 13%
Unknown 54 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 50 20%
Medicine and Dentistry 46 18%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 36 14%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 19 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 4%
Other 29 12%
Unknown 59 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 20. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 April 2019.
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#1,610,026
of 22,829,083 outputs
Outputs from Genome Medicine
#364
of 1,442 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#24,316
of 274,665 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Genome Medicine
#8
of 25 outputs
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