title: Preclinical investigations of drug resistance.
abstract: The effectiveness of antileukemic therapy is limited by intrinsic and acquired cellular resistance. Preclinical investigations support a complex and redundant network of cytoprotective mechanisms resulting from decreased drug accumulation, intracellular drug detoxification, alterations in nuclear targets of the antineoplastic agent, impaired transduction of growth arrest signals, and inherent cytokinetic resistance to S-phase active agents. Some, but not all, of these mechanisms are coordinately regulated, and correlative studies suggest that some may indeed contribute to clinical chemotherapy resistance.
authors.affiliation: University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: List
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple / Q000502:physiology*; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D051379:Mice
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents