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Methotrexate

Known as: Méthotrexate, 4-Amino-10-methylfolic Acid, 4-amino-N(10)-Methylpteroylglutamic acid 
An antimetabolite and antifolate agent with antineoplastic and immunosuppressant activities. Methotrexate binds to and inhibits the enzyme… 
National Institutes of Health

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Dermatologic Agents

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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Angiogenesis, thymidine phosphorylase, and resistance of squamous cell head and neck cancer to cytotoxic and radiation therapy.
Thymidine phosphorylase (TP), an enzyme involved in the thymidine synthesis and degradation, has been shown to promote tumor… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Transport and metabolism of methotrexate in normal and resistant cultured rat hepatoma cells.
Abstract The transport and metabolism of methotrexate (MTX) have been examined in monolayer cultures of a cell line derived from… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Clinical pharmacology of intrathecal methotrexate. I. Pharmacokinetics in nontoxic patients after lumbar injection.
: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma methotrexate (MTX) concentrations were measured in 76 children and adults who received… 
1975
1975
Purification of folate binding factor in normal umbilical cord serum.
Human umbilical cord serum was found to contain both free folate and folate complexed to a high-molecular weight factor. The… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Comparative studies on the transport of aminopterin, methotrexate, and methasquin by the L1210 leukemia cell.
Comparison was made of the uptake in L1210 leukemia cells of the agents aminopterin, methotrexate, and the quinazoline antifolate… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
The effect of methotrexate on enzymes induced following partial hepatectomy.
The synthesis of thymidine kinase, thymidylate kinase, thymidylate synthetase, DNA polymerase, and deoxycytidylate deaminase was… 
1968
1968
Dihydrofolate reductase of Streptococcus faicium. II. Purification and some properties of two dihydrofolate reductases from the amethopterin-resistant mutant Streptococcus faecium var. Durans strain…
Abstract From a single amethopterin-resistant organism, Streptococcus faecium var. durans strain A, two different dihydrofolate… 
1967
1967
Amethopterin transport in Ehrlich ascites carcinoma and L1210 cells.
SUMMARY Accumulation of amethopterin by L1210 and Ehrlich ascites cells in miro was mediated by a slow, temperature-sensitive… 
1960
1960
The antileukemic action of two thiadiazole derivatives.
Summary The thiadiazole derivatives 2-amino-1,3-4-thiadiazole and 2-ethylamino-1,3,4-thiadiazole retarded the growth of leukemia… 
1959
1959
Nutritional and amethopterin-resistant characteristics of leukemic clones.
Development of media which support the cont inuous reproduction in culture of two pure cell lines of mouse leukemic cells (L5178…