Article
Reversal of multidrug resistance by RU 486.
Cancer research - 15 Jun 1994
Gruol D J, Zee M C, Trotter J, Bourgeois S
Abstract excerpt
P-Glycoproteins represent a family of drug efflux proteins that convey multidrug resistance to cells in which they are expressed. This phenomenon can lower the efficacy of drugs used in chemotherapy. The steroid progesterone has been shown to bind P-glycoproteins and inhibit their drug efflux. We...
Topics
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Carrier Proteins
- Colchicine
- Daunorubicin
- Dexamethasone
- Drug Resistance
- Female
- Kinetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mifepristone
- Phenotype
- Puromycin
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- Thymoma
