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Quantitative analysis of MDR1 (multidrug resistance) gene expression in human tumors by polymerase chain reaction.
1 Sept 1990
Abstract excerpt
The resistance of tumor cells to chemotherapeutic drugs is a major obstacle to successful cancer chemotherapy. In human cells, expression of the MDR1 gene, encoding a transmembrane efflux pump (P-glycoprotein), leads to decreased intracellular accumulation and resistance to a variety of lipophilic drugs (multidrug resistance; MDR). The levels of MDR in cell lines selected in vitro have been shown to correlate...
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