Future investigations will be addressed to confirm this hypothesis such as the characterization of the entire CFTR 3’-UTR in a panel of CF subjects carrying the same mutations and different clinical phenotype looking for sequence variants in the miR-responsive elements that could dramatically alter CFTR regulation as well as mutations in the miR-101 and miR-494 genes which could explain their altered expression. The gene discussed is CFTR; the disease is cystic fibrosis.