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Overexpression of cMOAT (MRP2/ABCC2) is associated with decreased formation of platinum-DNA adducts and decreased G2-arrest in melanoma cells resistant to cisplatin.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Jul 2003
Liedert Bernd, Materna Verena, Schadendorf Dirk, Thomale Jürgen, Lage Hermann
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Resistance to various anti-neoplastic agents is a common observation in clinical management of melanoma. The biologic mechanisms conferring these different drug-resistant phenotypes, including resistance against the commonly used anti-cancer drug cisplatin, are unclear. In order to elucidate the role of the membrane adenosine triphosphate binding cassette-transporter cMOAT (canalicular multispecific anion...
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