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SUBMITTER: Campa D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3432449 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Campa Daniele D Butterbach Katja K Slager Susan L SL Skibola Christine F CF de Sanjosé Silvia S Benavente Yolanda Y Becker Nikolaus N Foretova Lenka L Maynadie Marc M Cocco Pierluigi P Staines Anthony A Kaaks Rudolf R Boffetta Paolo P Brennan Paul P Conde Lucia L Bracci Paige M PM Caporaso Neil E NE Strom Sara S SS Camp Nicola J NJ Cerhan James R JR Canzian Federico F Nieters Alexandra A
International journal of cancer 20111128 4
Owing to their role in controlling the efflux of toxic compounds, transporters are central players in the process of detoxification and elimination of xenobiotics, which in turn is related to cancer risk. Among these transporters, ATP-binding cassette B1/multidrug resistance 1 (ABCB1/MDR1), ABCC2/multidrug resistance protein 2 (MRP2) and ABCG2/breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) affect susceptibility to many hematopoietic malignancies. The maintenance of regulated expression of these transpo ...[more]