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Multidrug resistance protein-1 expression, function and polymorphisms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis not responding to methotrexate.
International journal of rheumatic diseases - 1 Nov 2014
Prasad Shiva, Tripathi Deepak, Rai Mohit K, Aggarwal Suraksha, Mittal Balraj, Agarwal Vikas
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OBJECTIVE: To study the expression, function and polymorphism of MDR-1 protein on the peripheral blood lymphocytes in patients with RA following treatment with MTX and its relationship with response to therapy. METHODS: RA patients naïve to MTX/DMARD- and glucocorticoid were enrolled. Expression and function of MDR-1 was carried out by flow cytometry at baseline and after 4 months of therapy. MDR-1 expression was...
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