Two recent studies have identified novel airway cells termed pulmonary ionocytes that express higher levels of CFTR than other airway cells express. These findings raise new questions in the evolving debate about the physiological role of CFTR in lung epithelia and its importance in the pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis (CF).
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