Role of Passive Diffusion, Transporters, and Membrane Trafficking‐Mediated Processes in Cellular Drug Transport
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics2016Vol. 101(1), pp. 121–129
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Abstract
Intracellular drug accumulation is thought to be dictated by two major processes, passive diffusion through the lipid membrane or membrane transporters. The relative role played by these distinct processes remains actively debated. Moreover, the role of membrane-trafficking in drug transport remains underappreciated and unexplored. Here we discuss the distinct processes involved in cellular drug distribution and propose that better experimental models are required to elucidate the differential contributions of various processes in intracellular drug accumulation.
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