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Cystic fibrosis: An inborn error of cellular electrolyte transport?
Author(s) -
O'LOUGHLIN E. V.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1990.tb02408.x
Subject(s) - cystic fibrosis , secretion , medicine , abnormality , fibrosis , pathology , endocrinology , psychiatry
Abnormal epithelial transport in cystic fibrosis (CF) appears to provide a unifying hypothesis to explain the varying clinical manifestations of CF. The major abnormality is the cell regulation of epithelial Cl ‐ secretion; however, a number of other abnormalities of electrolyte transport has been observed. A description of the normal physiology of secretion and the current state of our knowledge of the abnormalities of epithelial secretion is discussed.