Article
Multidrug resistance: clinical relevance in haematological malignancies.
Blood reviews - 1 Mar 1991
Kaye S B, Kerr D J
Abstract excerpt
Multidrug resistance describes an experimental observation which appears to explain cross-resistance to certain structurally unrelated cytotoxic agents, including anthracyclines, vinca alkaloids and podophyllotoxins. It is now clear that a major factor responsible for its development is increased expression of a membrane glycoprotein--P-glycoprotein, which functions as an energy-dependent efflux pump. Recent...
Topics
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
- Drug Resistance
- Humans
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Multiple Myeloma
- Neoplasm Proteins
- Phenotype
