Molecular mechanisms of drug resistance

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 275-292

  Longley, D B ^a   Johnston, P G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Drug resistance

Indexed keywords

7 ETHYL 10 HYDROXYCAMPTOTHECIN; ANTHRACYCLINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOSPORIN; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DOCETAXEL; EXCISION REPAIR CROSS COMPLEMENTING PROTEIN 1; FLUOROURACIL; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOPROTEIN P; IRINOTECAN; METHOTREXATE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; RALTITREXED; TARIQUIDAR; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TUBULIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALSPODAR; VINBLASTINE; VINCA ALKALOID; VINCRISTINE; ZOSUQUIDAR;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CELL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DAMAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS RESISTANCE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA REPAIR; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INACTIVATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TRANSPORT; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 13644254794     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1706     Document Type: Review

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