Article
A mechanism of resistance to glucocorticoids in multiple myeloma: transient expression of a truncated glucocorticoid receptor mRNA.
Blood - 1 Jan 1992
Moalli P A, Pillay S, Weiner D, Leikin R, Rosen S T
Abstract excerpt
Despite their widespread use, little is known of either the mechanism of action of glucocorticoids in the treatment of multiple myeloma or why patients ultimately become resistant to their therapeutic effects. Here, we address these issues by examining the direct effects of the glucocorticoid dex...
Topics
- Adult
- Blotting, Southern
- Cell Survival
- Dexamethasone
- Drug Resistance
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Glucocorticoids
- Humans
- Mifepristone
- Multiple Myeloma
- Phenotype
- RNA, Messenger
- Receptors, Glucocorticoid
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
