Repurposing Antidepressants and Phenothiazine Antipsychotics as Efflux Pump Inhibitors in Cancer and Infectious Diseases
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major obstacle in the therapy of infectious diseases and cancer. One of the major mechanisms of MDR is the overexpression of efflux pumps (EPs) that are responsible for extruding antimicrobial and anticancer agents. EPs have additional roles of detoxification that may...
Main Authors: | Bálint Rácz, Gabriella Spengler |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-01-01
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Series: | Antibiotics |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/12/1/137 |
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