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Antifolate resistance and its circumvention by new analogues.
Human cell - 1 Sept 2001
Takemura Y, Kobayashi H, Miyachi H
Abstract excerpt
We have established human leukemia cell lines made resistant to various antifolate drugs and analyzed resistance mechanisms developed in these cells at the cellular and molecular levels. The cells acquired resistance to antifolate drug(s) through: (1) impaired drug uptake via the reduced folate carrier, (2) increased activity of the target enzymes[dihydrofolate reductase(DHFR) or thymidylate synthase(TS)]...
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