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Polymorphism in the P-glycoprotein drug transporter MDR1 gene in colon cancer patients.
European journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Jul 2005
Kurzawski Mateusz, Droździk Marek, Suchy Janina, Kurzawski Grzegorz, Białecka Monika, Górnik Wanda, Lubiński Jan
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OBJECTIVE: The P-glycoprotein, a product of MDR1 (multiple drug resistance 1) gene, is a membrane efflux pump localized in epithelial cells in the small and large intestine, a part of the gastrointestinal barrier that protects cells against xenobiotics from our diet, bacterial toxins, drugs and other biologically active compounds, possibly carcinogens. In the present study, an association of MDR1 gene...
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