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Single nucleotide polymorphisms in human P-glycoprotein: its impact on drug delivery and disposition.
Expert opinion on drug delivery - 1 Jan 2006
Dey Surajit
Abstract excerpt
Drug efflux pumps belong to a large family of ATP-binding cassette transporter proteins. These pumps bind their substrate and export it through the membrane using energy derived from ATP hydrolysis. P-glycoprotein, the main efflux pump in this family, is expressed not only in tumour cells but also in normal tissues with excretory function (liver, kidney and the intestine). It has a broad specificity of substrates...
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