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<i>In vivo</i> mechanisms of resistance to cytarabine in acute myeloid leukaemia
1 Jun 2002
Abstract excerpt
Factors that reduce the intracellular concentration of triphosphorylated cytarabine (ara-CTP), the active form of cytarabine (ara-C), may induce chemoresistance in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) patients. These factors include reduced influx of ara-C by the hENT1 transporter, reduced phosphorylation by deoxycytidine kinase (dCK), and increased degradation by high Km cytoplasmic 5'-nucleotidase (5NT) and/or...
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