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We thank J. Goepp and the Primary Airway Cell Biobank (McGill University) for providing HBE cells, and we thank J. Hong and E. Sorscher (Emory University) for the CFBE41o- cell lines expressing p.Phe508del-CFTR. This work was supported by grants from CF Canada (2997) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (287879).
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E.M. contributed to the design of the study, conducted the experiments and prepared the figure and figure legend. J.W.H. conceived and planned the experiments, analyzed the data and helped write the manuscript. A.M.C. helped write the manuscript with input from the other authors and supervised the project.
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A.M.C. has received honoraria as a speaker and consultant from Vertex Pharmaceuticals in 2016–2018. J.W.H. is cofounder and shareholder of Traffick Therapeutics, Inc. He consults for Engelhard Arzneimittel GmbH & Co., ERAD Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Research funding is provided to his laboratory by Verona Pharma plc, Engelhard Arzneimittel GmbH & Co., and ERAD Therapeutics. J.W.H. has patent applications (awarded or pending) as co-inventor with Traffick Therapeutics (USPTO 62/306,287, Montreal, Canada), Verona Pharma (WO2015173551A1, Cardiff, UK) and Laurent Pharmaceuticals (USPTO 62/658,001, Montreal, Canada). J.W.H. is director of the CFTRc, which has a seminar series supported by Vertex. None of the investments, consulting activities or patents are related to Tα1.
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Matthes, E., Hanrahan, J.W. & Cantin, A.M. F508del-CFTR is not corrected by thymosin α1. Nat Med 24, 890–891 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-018-0079-6
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