Article
Polymorphisms in the ABC drug transporter gene MDR1.
The pharmacogenomics journal - 1 Jan 2001
Brinkmann U, Eichelbaum M
Abstract excerpt
In addition to genetically variable metabolic enzymes such as Cyp p450 proteins, blood and tissue levels of many drugs are influenced by controlled transport across compartmental boundaries. Major determinants in these transport processes are ATP-dependent efflux pumps such as P-glycoprotein and related proteins (eg MRPs), which can influence the bioavailability and CNS concentrations, as well as disposition of...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Availability
- Drug Resistance
- Genes, MDR
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Polymorphism, Genetic
