ABCB1 C1236T, G2677T/A and C3435T polymorphisms in systemic lupus erythematosus patients
P-glycoprotein (Pgp), the ABCB1 gene product, acts as an efflux pump that transports a large variety of substrates and is a mechanism of cell protection against xenobiotics. An increasing number of studies have shown that some ABCB1 polymorphisms may affect Pgp expression and activity, as well as af...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2008-09-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008000900005 |