Article
Intrinsic chemotherapy resistance to the tubulin-binding antimitotic agents in renal cell carcinoma.
International journal of cancer - 20 May 2005
Ferguson Roisean E, Jackson Sharon M, Stanley Anthea J, Joyce Adrian D, Harnden Patricia, Morrison Ewan E, Patel Poulam M, Phillips Roger M, Selby Peter J, Banks Rosamonde E
Abstract excerpt
Renal cancer is one of the most chemoresistant tumor types. Using a panel of 10 established renal cancer cell lines that have not been subjected to prior drug selection, the range of functional resistance phenotypes to the tubulin-binding agents paclitaxel, vinblastine, vincristine and patupilone (epothilone B, EPO906) was determined, together with expression of P-glycoprotein (PgP), multidrug resistance...
Topics
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
- Blotting, Western
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell
- Cell Line
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Down-Regulation
