Resistance to chemotherapy: different mechanisms

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  • impaired transport

  • loss of activating enzyme(s)

  • overexpression of metabolic enzyme(s)

  • mutation of cellular target protein

  • overexpression of a drug efflux pump (MDR)

  • enhanced DNA repair

  • defects in apoptotic signaling

    • loss of p53

    • mutant EGFR

    • overexpression of Bcl2

Category: Pharmacology Notes

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