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. 2017 Jun 23;19(6):1382–1399. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbx065

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Various mechanisms of drug resistance. Cancer drug resistance can be caused by various mechanisms, including genetic mutation of the drug target or its upstream/downstream proteins, epigenetic alterations of proapoptotic gene expressions, signaling cross talk/feedback-mediated dynamic adaptive responses, microenvironment adaptation-induced signaling bypass or reactivation and pharmacokinetic mechanism.