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Association of variant ABCG2 and the pharmacokinetics of epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors in cancer patients.
Cancer biology & therapy - 1 Mar 2007
Li Jing, Cusatis George, Brahmer Julie, Sparreboom Alex, Robey Robert W, Bates Susan E, Hidalgo Manuel, Baker Sharyn D
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of the study was to determine if the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), gefitinib and erlotinib, are substrates for the efflux transporter ABCG2, and to investigate the relevance of the ABCG2 421C>A (Q141K) polymorphism to the pharmacokinetics of gefitinib. Gefitinib and erlotinib transport in vitro was studied using HEK293 cells transfected with wild-type ABCG2...
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