People with cystic fibrosis (CF) have an amazing outlook with the treatment availability of highly effective modulators. Unfortunately, not all people with CF are eligible for modulators leading to continued pulmonary exacerbations and advanced lung disease. Additionally, optimizing diagnosis and evaluation for CF in the newborn period continues to be an area of focus for research. This review article will work to cover articles published in 2021 with high clinical relevance related to the above topics; however, due to the extensive body of research published, this review will not be comprehensive.
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Rev Mal Respir
January 2025
Unité de pneumologie adulte, centre de mucoviscidose liégeois, CHC MontLégia, Liège, Belgique.
Introduction: Following two weeks of application of the triple combination therapy of Elexacaftor (E), Tezacaftor (T), and Ivacaftor (I) known as ETI, substantial pulmonary improvement in patients with cystic fibrosis is well-documented. However, few detailed data are available on the action of this treatment over the course of these first 14 days.
Methods: In this prospective study (NCT05599230), 20 patients aged≥12 years, all of them eligible for ETI, were recruited at the initiation of treatment.
J Heart Lung Transplant
January 2025
Department of Medicine, University Health Network and Sinai Health System, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address:
Bone health after lung transplantation has not been comprehensively reviewed in over two decades. This narrative review summarizes available literature on bone health in the context of lung transplantation, including epidemiology, presentation and post-operative management. Osteoporosis is reported in approximately 30-50% of lung transplant candidates, largely due to disease-related impact on bone and lifestyle, and corticosteroid-related effects during end-stage lung disease (interstitial lung diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and historically cystic fibrosis).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Leukoc Biol
January 2025
Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
Immune cells express a variety of ion channels and transporters in the plasma membrane and intracellular organelles, responsible of the transference of charged ions across hydrophobic lipid membrane barriers. The correct regulation of ion transport ensures proper immune cell function, activation, proliferation, and cell death. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease in which the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) chloride channel gene is defective, consequently, the CFTR protein is dysfunctional, and the chloride efflux in CF cells is markedly impaired.
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January 2025
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. Electronic address:
Background: Lungs of people with Cystic Fibrosis (pwCF) are characterized by chronic inflammation and infection with P. aeruginosa. High levels of IL-17 A and F have been observed in sputum of pwCF and the interleukin-17(IL-17) family (A-to-F) has been suggested to play a key role in CF pulmonary disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnn Am Thorac Soc
January 2025
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Berlin, Germany.
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