Cystic fibrosis is a term that describes a syndrome produced by defective cl– channels in humans or their lack of intracellular transport from the er to the plasma membrane. why would a cystic fibrosis patient have mucus accumulation in the lungs?
a) mucus biosynthesis enzymes need cl–.
b) water molecules that keep the interior of the lungs wet leave cells as solvation spheres for cl–.
c) cl– breaks the interactions between mucus and alveolar cells; its absence leads to mucus
accumulation.
d) it is not known.