CFTR and hereditary disease: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common genetic disease in the Caucasian population, caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene (Rowe et al., 2005, 2016; Cutting, 2015; Ratjen et al., 2015; Elborn, 2016; Farrell et al., 2017).