[Leishmania: role of P glycoprotein in drug resistance and reversion strategies].

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Protozoan parasites are important causative agents of morbidity and mortality throughout the world--a problem further complicated by the emergence of drug resistance in these parasites. Mechanisms of drug resistance include the following: decreased uptake of the drug into the cell, loss of drug activation, alterations in the drug target, and over-expression of a well-known multiple drug transporter proteins. In...

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