Continuous ampicillin infusion as an alternative to intermittent infusion for adult inpatients: a case series.

Intravenous ampicillin has been extensively used for various kinds of infections for more than fifty years. This drug is administered intermittently, which can result in missed or delayed drug administration and sleep interruption that can have a negative impact on the quality of life during hospitalization. Continuous infusion may solve these concerns.

BCRP/ABCG2 confers anticancer drug resistance without covalent dimerization.

In previous studies, we demonstrated that the breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP, ABCG2) forms an S-S homodimer. The BCRP-C603S mutant substituting Ser for Cys-603 in the third extracellular domain formed both a 70-75-kDa monomer and 140-150-kDa dimer, suggesting that Cys-603 is an important residue in the covalent bridge. These results also suggested the involvement of other Cys residues in dimer formation.