Research Advance on Reversing Multidrug Resistance of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia by Chinese Herbal Monomer--Review / 中国实验血液学杂志

ABSTRACT

Abstract　　Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a malignant myeloproliferative tumor which is originating from hematopoietic stem cells. Chemotherapy is the preferred made of treatment for the disease. However, in recent years, more and more patients have multidrug resistance (MDR) during treatment, which is the main cause of failure treatment, therefore, the search for effective reversal agents has important clinical significance. Traditional Chinese medicine derived reversal agents have the characteristics of multiple targets, low toxicity and high efficiency, which can reverse the drug resistance through different mechanisms, and the research potential is unlimited. In recent years, it has been widely concerned by scholars at home and abroad, especially the research on physcion, emodin, curcumin, matrine, gambogic acid, oridonin, ligustrazine, solanine and other monomers, which has made great advance. In this reviwe, the recent research advance on the reversal of MDR in chronic myeloid leukemia by Chinese medicine monomer is summarized briefly.