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Differential effects of verapamil and quinine on the reversal of doxorubicin resistance in a human leukemia cell line.
International journal of cancer - 28 Jul 1995
Bennis S, Ichas F, Robert J
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We studied the restoration of doxorubicin accumulation and sensitivity by verapamil and quinine in a variant of the human erythroleukemia cell line K562 selected for resistance to doxorubicin and presenting a multidrug-resistance (MDR) phenotype. Verapamil was able to completely restore doxorubicin accumulation in the resistant cells to the level obtained in sensitive cells, but only partially reversed...
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