CFTR gagara ce da ke tsaye ga "Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator." Yana nufin sunadaran da ke da hannu wajen jigilar gishiri da ruwa a ciki da wajen sel a cikin jiki. Maye gurbi a cikin kwayar halittar CFTR na iya haifar da cystic fibrosis, cuta ta kwayoyin halitta da ke shafar huhu, pancreas, da sauran gabobin.