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Effect of ABCG2 genotype on the oral bioavailability of topotecan.
Cancer biology & therapy - 1 Jun 2005
Sparreboom Alex, Loos Walter J, Burger Herman, Sissung Tristan M, Verweij Jaap, Figg William D, Nooter Kees, Gelderblom Hans
Abstract excerpt
ABCG2 (BCRP/MXR/ABCP) functions as an efflux transporter for many agents, including topotecan, and the protein is expressed at high levels in the human intestine. Some individuals possess a nonsynonymous variant in the ABCG2 gene at nucleotide 421, substituting lysine for glutamine on position 141 at exon 5. The present pilot study indicates that this genotype results in a 30% reduced efflux transport of...
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