Dysfunctional CFTR Alters the Bactericidal Activit... [PLoS One. 2011] - PubMed result

Pseudomobas Aeruginosa hypercolonises the airways in cystic fibrosis : The CFTR protein is also involved in bacterial entry and defense and mutations modify these effects .

See also:-  Pathogen and autoantigen homologous regions within the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator CFTR protein suggest an autoimmune treatable component of cystic fibrosis.

Cystic fibrosis CFTR interactome  including immune related and bacterial entry pathways (endocytosis. phagosome, bacterial invasion etc).