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ArticleJournal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society2025

CFTR mutation is associated with bone differentiation abnormalities in cystic fibrosis.

Claire Dumortier, Andrew Frauenpreis, Antony Hoarau, Amy L Ryan, Sophie C Gangloff, Soula Danopoulos, Frédéric Velard, Denise Al Alam

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Article in Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Impact of Genetics on Endocrine Manifestations of Cystic Fibrosis.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists · 2026
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  2. Updates in Cystic Fibrosis Bone Disease in Adults.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Claire DumortierThe Lundquist Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 90502 CA, USA; Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, BIOS, Reims 51100 France.
Andrew FrauenpreisThe Lundquist Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 90502 CA, USA.
Antony HoarauThe Lundquist Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 90502 CA, USA.
Amy L RyanUniversity of Iowa, Iowa City 52242 IA, USA.
Sophie C GangloffThe Lundquist Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 90502 CA, USA.
Soula DanopoulosThe Lundquist Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 90502 CA, USA.
Frédéric VelardUniversité de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, BIOS, Reims 51100 France.
Denise Al AlamThe Lundquist Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 90502 CA, USA. Electronic address: denise.alalam@lundquist.org.

Funding

Mechanisms controlling early human lung developmentR01HL141856 · NHLBI · LUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER · PI AL-ALAM, DENISE · 2018 to 2022
$2.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL141856
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCystic Fibrosis-related Bone Disease is an emerging challenge faced by 50 % of adult people with cystic fibrosis (CF). The multifactorial causes of this comorbidity remain elusive. However, congenital bone defects have been observed in animal models with CFTR mutations, suggesting its importance. The role of CFTR in bone cells development is unknown. Studies from human cells remain somewhat controversial depending on the cells used and the disease state of the patients from which the cells derived.

methodsTherefore, we investigated the role of CFTR in osteoblast development using induced pluripotent stem cells generated from homozygous CF donors for F508del and non-CF controls. This approach allows for a clear understanding towards how the CFTR mutation may influence osteoblast differentiation independently from other confounding factors.

resultsWe observed a lower capacity of differentiation in CF cells as compared to control, already from mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) stage, whereby they retained expression of the pluripotency marker OCT4. Furthermore, our results demonstrated a delayed osteoblast commitment and altered expression of specific markers, such as an increased RANKL/OPG ratio and decreased BMP2, suggesting a potentially perturbed bone homeostasis associated with CFTR mutation.

conclusionsThis is the first study of its kind, clearly demonstrating a role for CFTR mutation in delaying osteoblast differentiation and/or regeneration.

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Cystic FibrosisCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance RegulatorOsteoblastsAdultCell DifferentiationHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMutationCFTR protein, humanCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulatorcell differentiationCystic fibrosis-related bone diseaseiPSCsMSCosteoblasts

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PMID39800643
PMCPMC12943080

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