Polyoxypregnanes as safe, potent, and specific ABCB1-inhibitory pro-drugs to overcome multidrug resistance in cancer chemotherapy in vitro and in vivo

Multidrug resistance (MDR) mediated by ATP binding cassette subfamily B member 1 (ABCB1) is significantly hindering effective cancer chemotherapy. However, currently, no ABCB1-inhibitory drugs have been approved to treat MDR cancer clinically, mainly due to the inhibitor specificity, toxicity, and d...

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Main Authors: Xu Wu, Chun Yin, Jiang Ma, Stella Chai, Chunyuan Zhang, Sheng Yao, Onat Kadioglu, Thomas Efferth, Yang Ye, Kenneth Kin-Wah To, Ge Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-07-01
Series:Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211383521000034