Cystic fibrosis: Additional immune dysfunction discovered

(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Cystic fibrosis is a frequent genetic disease affecting the lung and the gastrointestinal tract. Scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München now have shown that many of the adult patients with cystic fibrosis in addition lack a cell surface molecule, which is important for immune defence. The results have been published recently in the Journal of Molecular Medicine.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news