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Direct and indirect P-glycoprotein transfers in MCF7 breast cancer cells

Abstract:
The efflux protein P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is over expressed in many cancer cells and has a known capacity to confer multi-drug resistance to cytotoxic therapies. We provide a mathematical model for the direct cell-to-cell transfer of proteins between cells and the indirect transfer between cells and the surrounding liquid. After a mathematical analysis of the model, we construct an adapted numerical scheme and give some numerical simulations. We observe that we obtain a better fit with the experimental data when we take into account the indirect transfer of the protein released in a dish. This quantity, usually neglected by the experimenters, seems to influence the results.
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.10.040

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Mathematical Institute
Oxford college:
Mansfield College
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Publisher:
Elsevier
Journal:
Journal of Theoretical Biology More from this journal
Volume:
461
Pages:
239-253
Publication date:
2018-10-23
Acceptance date:
2018-10-19
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EISSN:
1095-8541
ISSN:
0022-5193
Pmid:
30359573


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English
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uuid:c6e13b7f-10a1-4cb8-a103-f5c7959f8497
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935890
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2018-11-16

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