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Ronald C. Rubenstein

Researcher at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Publications -  103
Citations -  6411

Ronald C. Rubenstein is an academic researcher from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cystic fibrosis & Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 94 publications receiving 5675 citations. Previous affiliations of Ronald C. Rubenstein include Johns Hopkins University & University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

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Results of a phase IIa study of VX-809, an investigational CFTR corrector compound, in subjects with cystic fibrosis homozygous for the F508del-CFTR mutation

TL;DR: In this study, VX-809 had a similar adverse event profile to placebo for 28 days in F508del-CFTR homozygous patients, and demonstrated biological activity with positive impact on CFTR function in the sweat gland.
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In vitro pharmacologic restoration of CFTR-mediated chloride transport with sodium 4-phenylbutyrate in cystic fibrosis epithelial cells containing delta F508-CFTR.

TL;DR: 4PBA is a promising pharmacologic agent for inducing correction of the CF phenotype in CF patients carrying the delta F508 mutation, as detected by immunoblotting of whole cell lysates with anti-CFTR antisera.
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A pilot clinical trial of oral sodium 4-phenylbutyrate (Buphenyl) in deltaF508-homozygous cystic fibrosis patients: partial restoration of nasal epithelial CFTR function.

TL;DR: Rubenstein et al. as mentioned in this paper presented data suggesting that 4PBA, at clinically achievable concentrations, induces CFTR channel function on the plasma membrane of deltaF508-expressing cystic fibrosis (CF) airway epithelial cells.
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Sodium 4-phenylbutyrate downregulates Hsc70: implications for intracellular trafficking of ΔF508-CFTR

TL;DR: Sodium 4-phenylbutyrate (4PBA) improves DeltaF508-CFTR trafficking and function in vitro in cystic fibrosis epithelial cells and in vivo, and data suggest that 4PBA may improve Deltaf508- CFTR trafficking by allowing a greater proportion of mutant CFTR to escape association with Hsc70.