title: MDR1 and multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) gene expression in epithelial ovarian tumors.
abstract: Clinical drug resistance poses a major problem in the successful treatment of ovarian cancer. Two genes, MDR1 and MRP, have been found to play a role in the multidrug resistance phenotype of a number of human tumors. Using a sensitive semiquantitative PCR assay we examined 53 primary untreated ovarian tumors for expression of both MDR1 and MRP genes. Approximately one-third of the tumors expressed MDR1 while all the tumors expressed varying levels of the MRP gene.
authors.affiliation: Children's Leukaemia and Cancer Research Centre, Prince of Wales Children's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kavallaris
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Leary
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Friedlander
mesh_terms: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D027425:ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C Proteins; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011379:Prognosis; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D027425:ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C Proteins; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm