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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Williams MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7051134 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Williams Mark S MS Somervaille Tim C P TCP
Molecular & cellular oncology 20200108 2
The drug efflux pump ABCB1 (ATP binding cassette subfamily B member 1) confers chemotherapy resistance in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We recently identified an <i>ABCB1</i> enhancer that is activated in response to a range of cellular stressors, including anthracycline chemotherapy. Stress drives increased <i>ABCB1</i> expression and allows leukemia cells to escape from targeted third-generation ABCB1 inhibition. ...[more]