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P-glycoprotein and metallothionein expression and resistance to chemotherapy in osteosarcoma.

The expression of the drug resistance (DR) mediators P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and the metallothioneins (MT) was assessed immunohistochemically in biopsy material from patients with high-grade malignant osteosarcoma (OS). No significant difference was found in survival rate between expressors of both P-...

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Autores principales: Shnyder, S. D., Hayes, A. J., Pringle, J., Archer, C. W.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group|1 1998
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2062957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9743295
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Sumario:The expression of the drug resistance (DR) mediators P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and the metallothioneins (MT) was assessed immunohistochemically in biopsy material from patients with high-grade malignant osteosarcoma (OS). No significant difference was found in survival rate between expressors of both P-gp and MT and non-expressors. Thus, it was concluded that lack of expression of these two drug resistance-related proteins does not appear to confer any advantage in terms of patient survival in osteosarcoma. IMAGES: