Article
Enhancement of the loss of multiple drug resistance by hydroxyurea.
Seminars in oncology - 1 Jun 1992
Christen R D, Shalinsky D R, Howell S B
Abstract excerpt
Gene amplification is one mechanism whereby tumor cells can become resistant to antineoplastic agents. Unstably amplified genes occur either on submicroscopic circular pieces of extrachromosomal DNA called episomes or on small acentric chromosomes called double minutes. Double minutes are frequently associated with cells containing amplified drug-resistance genes. Human epidermoid carcinoma KBV1 cells contain...
Topics
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Cisplatin
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Resistance
- Gene Amplification
- Humans
- Hydroxyurea
- Neoplasm Proteins
- Phenotype
- Tritium
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Vinblastine
