Pulmonary oxidative stress response in young children with cystic fibrosis

Abstract

These results demonstrate that the airways in patients with cystic fibrosis are exposed to increased oxidative stress which appears to be a consequence of pulmonary inflammation rather than part of the primary cystic fibrosis defect. The increase in gamma-GT in the CF-I group suggests a mechanism by which extracellular glutathione could be utilised by airway epithelial cells.