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Multi-drug transporter MDR1 gene polymorphism and prognosis in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Pharmacological reports : PR - 1 Jan 2000
Jamroziak Krzysztof, Balcerczak Ewa, Cebula Barbara, Kowalczyk Monika, Panczyk Mariusz, Janus Agnieszka, Smolewski Piotr, Mirowski Marek, Robak Tadeusz
Abstract excerpt
P-glycoprotein (P-gp), a membrane transporter encoded by MDR1 gene, influences pharmacokinetics of anti-cancer drugs and contributes to multi-drug resistance phenotype in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). In this study, we explored prognostic and functional role of single nucleotide polymorphism C3435T in MDR1 gene in 44 adult Caucasian patients with ALL. We found that the outcome of chemotherapy as well...
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