“…Two well-characterized families of F508del-CFTR potentiators are the xanthines, notably 1,3-diallyl-8-cyclohexylxanthine and 3,7-dimethyl-1-isobutyl xanthine, and the flavones, such as genistein, apigenin, and kaempferol (Drumm et al, 1991;Hwang et al, 1997;Al-Nakkash and Hwang, 1999;Hwang and Sheppard, 1999;Lim et al, 2004). Other potentiators include tetrahydrobenzothiophene, phenylglycine, sulfonamide, and derivatives of pyrrolo [2,3-b]pyrazines (Al-Nakkash and Hwang and Sheppard, 1999;Yang et al, 2003;Pedemonte et al, 2005b;Noel et al, 2006). Fewer correctors have been reported, and some of these (e.g., 4-phenylbutyrate and curcumin) partially correct the processing defect in vitro but are less efficacious when used in vivo (Rubenstein et al, 1997;Rubenstein and Zeitlin, 1998;Egan et al, 2004;Mall and Kunzelmann, 2005).…”