Modeling mechanisms of in vivo variability in methotrexate accumulation and folate pathway inhibition in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells.

Methotrexate (MTX) is widely used for the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The accumulation of MTX and its active metabolites, methotrexate polyglutamates (MTXPG), in ALL cells is an important determinant of its antileukemic effects. We studied 194 of 356 patients enrolled...

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Main Authors: John C Panetta, Alex Sparreboom, Ching-Hon Pui, Mary V Relling, William E Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-12-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2996318?pdf=render