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Medroxyprogesterone-acetate reverses the MDR phenotype of the CG5-doxorubicin resistant human breast cancer cell line.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Zibera C, Gibelli N, Maestri L, Della Cuna G R
Abstract excerpt
In malignant cells multidrug resistance (MDR) is frequently associated with the expression of a 170 KDa P-glycoprotein (P-gp) in the plasma membrane. P-gp acts as an ATP-dependent efflux pump causing a decreased intracellular accumulation of structurally unrelated natural anticancer agents such as anthracyclines. Doxorubicin (DX) resistance is mostly related to the multidrug resistance gene product P-gp. In our...
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