Article
[Clinical significance of multidrug resistance in acute leukemias].
Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) - 1 Jan 2000
Maia R C, Rumjanek V M
Abstract excerpt
A significant number of patients with acute leukaemias fail in their treatment as a result of the development of resistance to chemotherapy. Several evidences indicate that the expression of a mdr 1 gen, which codifies for P glycoprotein (PgP), contributes to this resistance in leukaemic cells. P...
Topics
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Blood Cells
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cyclosporine
- Drug Resistance, Multiple
- Humans
- Idarubicin
- Infant
- Leukemia, Myeloid
- Phenotype
- Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
- Prognosis
- Recurrence
- Rhodamines
