title: The molecular basis of multidrug resistance in cancer: the early years of P-glycoprotein research.
abstract: The discovery and characterization of P-glycoprotein, an energy-dependent multidrug efflux pump, as a mechanism of multidrug resistance in cancer is generally accepted as a significant contribution to the ongoing effort to end death and suffering from this disease. The historical reflections of Victor Ling and Michael Gottesman concerning the early years of this research highlight the important contributions of the multidisciplinary teams involved in these studies, and illustrate how technological developments in biochemistry and molecular and cell biology enabled this discovery.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cell Biology, The Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. mgottesman@nih.gov
authors.forename: Michael M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Gottesman
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ling
mesh_terms: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple / Q000235:genetics*; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1