Assertion: cystic fibrosis's chloride | /r/HasProperty | a component of salt
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text: When the protein is not working correctly, it’s unable to help move chloride -- a component of salt -- to the cell surface.
text: When the CFTR protein is faulty, epithelial cells can’t regulate the way that chloride (part of the salt called sodium chloride) passes across cell membranes.
text: Even now, a test designed to measure the amount of chloride (salt) in the sweat is used on a widespread basis to screen for cystic fibrosis.
text: Chloride is a negatively charged ion and sodium is a positively charged ion, so this leads to an electrical attraction, which results in the formation of salt.
text: Chloride is a vital component of sodium chloride (also known as salt, NaCl) that is found in sweat.
text: Chloride is a part of salt and is important to the body’s cell chemistry.
text: When the protein is not working correctly, chloride -- a component of salt -- becomes trapped in cells.
text: The sweat test measures the amount of chloride (a component of salt) in the sweat.
text: Its function is to create channels on the cell surface to allow the movement of chloride (a component of salt) in and out of the cell.
text: But if there is a mutation in this gene, chloride, a component of salt, gets stuck inside the cells and a thick, sticky mucus
text: When the CFTR protein doesn’t work as it should, chloride (a component of salt) becomes trapped in cells and doesn’t move through cells as it should.
text: When the CFTR protein is defective, epithelial cells can't regulate the way that chloride (part of the salt called sodium chloride) passes across cell membranes.