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Modulation of multidrug resistance in multiple myeloma.
Bailliere's clinical haematology - 1 Dec 1995
Sonneveld P
Abstract excerpt
Primary or acquired drug resistance is the major cause of failure of chemotherapy in MM. MDR is associated with expression of a membrane P-gp, which acts as an efflux pump for natural product drugs, such as doxorubicin and vincristine. P-gp expression is observed in extensively treated patients and is a cause of refractoriness to VAD chemotherapy. Among several other non-cytotoxic drugs, cyclosporins modulate the...
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