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The correct regulation of ion transport ensures proper immune cell function, activation, proliferation, and cell death. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease in which the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride channel gene is defective; consequently, the CFTR protein is dysfunctional, and the chloride efflux in CF cells is markedly impaired. CF is characterized by chronic inflammation in the airways, mainly triggered by neutrophilic infiltration and recurring bacterial infections, causing the decline of lung function and eventually respiratory failure. Novel modulator-based therapies have improved lung function in people with CF by increasing expression and function of CFTR in the plasma membrane of lung cells; however, the effects of these drugs in the lung-recruited inflammatory cells, specifically neutrophils, remains unknown. 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