Relationship between and Variants and the Clinical Phenotype in Late-Onset Cystic Fibrosis Disease with Chronic Pancreatitis

Cystic fibrosis (CF), the most common autosomal recessive disease in whites, is caused by mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). So far, >1900 mutations have been described, most of which are nonsense, missense, and frameshift, and can lead to severe phenotypes, reducing the level of function of the CFTR protein. Synonymous variations are usually considered silent without pathogenic effects. However, synonymous mutations exhibiting exon skipping as a consequence of aberrant splicing of pre-mRNA differ.

Source: Journal of Molecular Diagnostics - January 27, 2015 Category: Pathology Authors: Anna C. Tomaiuolo, Valentina M. Sofia, Cecilia Surace, Fabio Majo, Silvia Genovese, Stefano Petrocchi, Simona Grotta, Federico Alghisi, Vincenzina Lucidi, Adriano Angioni Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research