Title : Pemetrexed: biochemical and cellular pharmacology, mechanisms, and clinical applications.

Pub. Date : 2007 Feb

PMID : 17308042






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1 These include (a) its very rapid conversion to active polyglutamate derivatives in cells that build to high levels and are retained for long intervals to achieve prolonged and potent inhibition of its major target enzyme thymidylate synthase, (b) its high affinity for three folate transporters, and (c) its marked sensitivity to the level of physiologic folates in cells. Folic Acid thymidylate synthetase Homo sapiens