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Functional characterization of fewer than 10% of over 200 disease-associated ABCA3 variants (majority missense) suggests either disruption of ABCA3 protein trafficking (type I) or of ATPase-mediated phospholipid transport (type II). Therapies remain limited and nonspecific. A scalable platform is required for functional characterization of ABCA3 variants and discovery of pharmacologic correctors. To address this need, we first silenced the endogenous ABCA3 locus in A549 cells with CRISPR\/Cas9 genome editing. Next, to generate a parent cell line (A549\/ABCA3\u2212\/\u2212) with a single recombination target site for genomic integration and stable expression of individual ABCA3 missense variant cDNAs, we used lentiviral-mediated integration of a LoxFAS cassette, FACS, and dilutional cloning. To assess the fidelity of this cell-based model, we compared functional characterization (ABCA3 protein processing, ABCA3 immunofluorescence colocalization with intracellular markers, ultrastructural vesicle phenotype) of two individual ABCA3 mutants (type I mutant, p.L101P; type II mutant, p.E292V) in A549\/ABCA3\u2212\/\u2212 cells and in both A549 cells and primary, human alveolar type II cells that transiently express each cDNA after adenoviral-mediated transduction. We also confirmed pharmacologic rescue of ABCA3 variant\u2013encoded mistrafficking and vesicle diameter in A549\/ABCA3\u2212\/\u2212 cells that express p.G1421R (type I mutant). 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