Article
Immunosuppressants FK506 and rapamycin function as reversal agents of the multidrug resistance phenotype.
Blood - 15 Sept 1992
Arceci R J, Stieglitz K, Bierer B E
Abstract excerpt
The multidrug-resistant (MDR) phenotype is characterized in vitro by the resistance displayed by cell lines to a broad spectrum of natural product cytotoxic agents. This high level of cross-resistance is due to the increased expression of a membrane glycoprotein termed P-glycoprotein. Encoded in...
Topics
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Azides
- Binding, Competitive
- Daunorubicin
- Drug Resistance
- Drug Synergism
- Humans
- Iodine Radioisotopes
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Phenotype
- Polyenes
