Tag Archives: P-glycoprotein

Drugs from the sea: complex structures to fight a complex problem of resistance in cancer

It is well known that incidence of cancer cases figures among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Most of disseminated cancers share the common feature of not responding to anticancer drugs. This phenomenon is known as

Modalities to overcome cancer cells safeguard

The increase of intracellular concentration without raising the applied drug doses is big challenge for cancer treatments. Cancer cells employ multiple mechanisms to resists the anticancer drugs action. One of the mechanisms involves P-glycoprotein. The role of