ABC transporter superfamily. An updated overview, relevance in cancer multidrug resistance and perspectives with personalized medicine

PDM Juan-Carlos, PP Perla-Lidia… - Molecular biology …, 2021 - Springer
The ATP binding-cassette superfamily corresponds the mostly transmembrane transporters
family found in humans. These proteins actively transport endogenous and exogenous …

ABC transporters in the development of multidrug resistance in cancer therapy

A Dlugosz, A Janecka - Current pharmaceutical design, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality in the developed countries. The search for
novel drug candidates is a priority goal for cancer therapy. However, the emergence of drug …

Oxidative stress contributes to the tamoxifen-induced killing of breast cancer cells: implications for tamoxifen therapy and resistance

RT Bekele, G Venkatraman, RZ Liu, X Tang, S Mi… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Tamoxifen is the accepted therapy for patients with estrogen receptor-α (ERα)-positive
breast cancer. However, clinical resistance to tamoxifen, as demonstrated by recurrence or …

The ferroptosis signature predicts the prognosis and immune microenvironment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

J Zhou, T Guo, L Zhou, M Bao, L Wang, W Zhou… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a cancer with a high metastatic rate and poor
prognosis. Growing studies suggest that ferroptosis take part in the development of tumours …

Gene expression of membrane transporters: Importance for prognosis and progression of ovarian carcinoma

K Elsnerova… - Oncology …, 2016 - spandidos-publications.com
Membrane transporters (such as ABCs, SLCs and ATPases) act in carcinogenesis and
chemoresistance development, but their relevance for prognosis of epithelial ovarian cancer …

ATP binding cassette transporters and cancer: Revisiting their controversial role

P Sharma, N Singh, S Sharma - Pharmacogenomics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The expression of ATP-binding cassette transporter (ABC transporters) has been reported in
various tissues such as the lung, liver, kidney, brain and intestine. These proteins account …

Chalcones repressed the AURKA and MDR proteins involved in metastasis and multiple drug resistance in breast cancer cell lines

TT Komoto, TM Bernardes, TB Mesquita, LFB Bortolotto… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the present investigation, trans-chalcone and licochalcone A were tested against MCF-7
and BT-20 breast cancer cell lines for anti-tumor activity. We found that both chalcones down …

Genetic and functional analyses do not explain the association of high PRC1 expression with poor survival of breast carcinoma patients

V Brynychova, M Ehrlichova, V Hlavac… - Biomedicine & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Microtubules are vitally important for eukaryotic cell division. Therefore, we evaluated the
relevance of mitotic kinesin KIF14, protein-regulating cytokinesis 1 (PRC1), and citron …

[PDF][PDF] Treatment of brain metastases

M Matzenauer, D Vrana, B Melichar - Biomedical Papers, 2016 - biomed.papers.upol.cz
Background. Brain metastases are a very common neurological sequela in cancer patients.
The ability of current anticancer therapies to prolong overall survival is beleaguered by this …

Genetic variation of the ABC transporter gene ABCC1 (Multidrug resistance protein 1 – MRP1) in the Polish population

M Słomka, M Sobalska-Kwapis, M Korycka-Machała… - Bmc Genetics, 2015 - Springer
Background Multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP1), encoded by the ABCC1
gene, is an ATP-binding cassette transporter mediating efflux of organic anions and …