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ABCB1 Is Frequently Methylated in Higher-Grade Gliomas and May Serve as a Diagnostic Biomarker of More Aggressive Tumors
26 Sept 2022
Abstract excerpt
ABCB1 belongs to a superfamily of membrane transporters that use ATP hydrolysis to efflux various endogenous compounds and drugs outside the cell. Cancer cells upregulate ABCB1 expression as an adaptive response to evade chemotherapy-mediated cell death. On the other hand, several reports highlight the role of the epigenetic regulation of ABCB1 expression. In fact, the promoter methylation of ABCB1 was found to...
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