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SUBMITTER: Jakobsen Falk I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5754426 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jakobsen Falk Ingrid I Lund Johan J Gréen Henrik H Gruber Astrid A Alici Evren E Lauri Birgitta B Blimark Cecilie C Mellqvist Ulf-Henrik UH Swedin Agneta A Forsberg Karin K Carlsson Conny C Hardling Mats M Ahlberg Lucia L Lotfi Kourosh K Nahi Hareth H
Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology 20171125 1
<h4>Purpose</h4>Despite therapeutic advances, patients with multiple myeloma (MM) continue to experience disease relapse and treatment resistance. The gene ABCB1 encodes the drug transporter P-glycoprotein, which confers resistance through drug extrusion across the cell membrane. Lenalidomide (Len) is excreted mainly via the kidneys, and, given the expression of P-gp in the renal tubuli, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the ABCB1 gene may influence Len plasma concentrations and, subsequ ...[more]