CFTR and male infertility: Mutations in CFTR are associated with cystic fibrosis (CF; MIM #219700), which is the most common life-threatening autosomal recessive genetic disorder (Farrell 2008), but also male infertility due to congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD; MIM #277180), idiopathic chronic pancreatitis (MIM #167800), and bronchiectasis (MIM #211400), among others CFTR-related disorders (Dequeker et al.