ABC-transporters Expressed On Endothelial Cell Membranes Efflux Anti-HIV Drugs

Saturday, August 30, 2008 - 01:21 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have discovered that drug-efflux pumps, belonging to the ATP-binding cassette transporter family, are constitutively expressed on vascular endothelial cells. The study has crucial implications in the persistence of sub-endothelial HIV reservoirs and will be important to the development of future therapies.

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