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Pharmacogenomics of ABC transporters and its role in cancer chemotherapy.
Drug resistance updates : reviews and commentaries in antimicrobial and anticancer chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2003
Sparreboom Alex, Danesi Romano, Ando Yuichi, Chan Juliana, Figg William D
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ATP-binding cassette (ABC) genes play a role in the resistance of malignant cells to anticancer agents. The ABC gene products, including ABCB1 (P-glycoprotein), ABCC1 (MRP1), ABCC2 (MRP2, cMOAT), and ABCG2 (BCRP, MXR, ABCP) are also known to influence oral absorption and disposition of a wide variety of drugs. As a result, the expression levels of these proteins in humans have important consequences for an...
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