Genetics of ABCB1 in Cancer

KT Skinner, AM Palkar, AL Hong - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Overexpression of ABCB1 has been identified in a wide range of multidrug-
resistant cancers. ABCB1 can become upregulated in many ways, and understanding these …

The use of antihypertensive drugs as coadjuvant therapy in cancer

JA Carlos-Escalante, M de Jesus-Sanchez… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a complex group of diseases that constitute the second largest cause of mortality
worldwide. The development of new drugs for treating this disease is a long and costly …

The human proton pump inhibitors inhibit Mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampicin efflux and macrophage-induced rifampicin tolerance

MA Lake, KN Adams, F Nie, E Fowler… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Tuberculosis treatment requires months-long combination chemotherapy with multiple
drugs, with shorter treatments leading to relapses. A major impediment to shortening …

Prediction of Drug Permeability Using In Vitro Blood–Brain Barrier Models with Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells

M Ohshima, S Kamei, H Fushimi, S Mima… - BioResearch open …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
The strong barrier function of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) protects the central nervous
system (CNS) from xenobiotic substances, while the expression of selective transporters …

Microplastics boost the accumulation of tetrabromobisphenol A in a commercial clam and elevate corresponding food safety risks

W Zhang, Y Tang, Y Han, W Zhou, W Shi, S Teng… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine bivalve molluscs are one of the primary seafood for consumers. Inhabiting
terrigenous pollutant-convergent coastal areas and feeding through seawater filtration …

Advantages and potential limitations of applying AFM kymograph analysis to pharmaceutically relevant membrane proteins in lipid bilayers

KG Schaefer, AG Roberts, GM King - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Membrane proteins play critical roles in disease and in the disposition of many
pharmaceuticals. A prime example is P-glycoprotein (Pgp) which moves a diverse range of …

Effect of the force field on molecular dynamics simulations of the multidrug efflux protein P-glycoprotein

L Wang, ML O'Mara - Journal of chemical theory and computation, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been used extensively to study P-glycoprotein
(P-gp), a flexible multidrug transporter that is a key player in the development of multidrug …

Flavonoids as P-glycoprotein inhibitors for multidrug resistance in cancer: an in-silico approach

A Kumar, S Kalra, K Jangid, V Jaitak - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Cancer has become a leading cause of mortality due to non-communicable diseases after
cardiovascular disease worldwide and is increasing day by day at a daunting pace …

miRNA-29a reverses P-glycoprotein-mediated drug resistance and inhibits proliferation via up-regulation of PTEN in colon cancer cells

X Shi, A Valizadeh, SM Mir, Z Asemi, A Karimian… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Colon cancer is a serious malignant type of cancer in the world. Acquisition of multi-drug
resistance (MDR) during chemotherapy is still a controversial challenge during cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Vitexin along with verapamil downregulates efflux pump P-glycoprotein in macrophages and potentiate M1 to M2 switching via TLR4-NF-κB-TNFR2 pathway …

A Kundu, P Ghosh, B Bishayi - Immunobiology, 2024 - Elsevier
The lipopolysaccharide, a microbial toxin, is one of the major causative agents of sepsis. P-
gp expression and its functions are altered during inflammation. LPS has been known to …