Role of the Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (BCRP/ABCG2) in Drug Transport—an Update

AAPS Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-82

  Mao, Qingcheng ^a   Unadkat, Jashvant D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

ABCG2; ATP binding cassette; BCRP; drug transport; transporter

Indexed keywords

4 (8 CYCLOPENTYL 7 ETHYL 5,6,7,8 TETRAHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 2 PTERIDINYLAMINO) 3 METHOXY N (1 METHYL 4 PIPERIDINYL)BENZAMIDE; BIOCHANIN A; BIRICODAR; BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CAMPTOTHECIN DERIVATIVE; CHRYSIN; CISPLATIN; FLAVONOID; FLAVOPIRIDOL; GEFITINIB; GLUCURONIDE; IMATINIB; LAMIVUDINE; LAPATINIB; METHOTREXATE; MITOXANTRONE; NELFINAVIR; NILOTINIB; NOVOBIOCIN; NUCLEOSIDE; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; PACLITAXEL; PROTOPORPHYRIN; RESERPINE; RITONAVIR; SAQUINAVIR; TAMOXIFEN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINBLASTINE; ZIDOVUDINE; ABC TRANSPORTER; ABCG2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DIMERIZATION; DRUG DISPOSITION; DRUG TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84922002485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15507416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1208/s12248-014-9668-6     Document Type: Article

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