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Altered multidrug resistance phenotype caused by anthracycline analogues and cytosine arabinoside in myeloid leukemia.
Blood - 15 Jun 1999
Hu X F, Slater A, Kantharidis P, Rischin D, Juneja S, Rossi R, Lee G, Parkin J D, Zalcberg J R
Abstract excerpt
The expression of P-glycoprotein (Pgp) is often increased in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, little is known of the regulation of Pgp expression by cytotoxics in AML. We examined whether Pgp expression and function in leukemic blasts was altered after a short exposure to cytotoxics. Blasts were isolated from 19 patients with AML (15 patients) or chronic myeloid leukemia in blastic transformation (BT-CML, 4...
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