Intracellular calcium, as a second messenger, is involved in multilevel cellular regulatory pathways and plays a role (among other processes) in switching between survival and initiation of cell death in neoplastic cells. The development of multidrug resistance (MDR) in neoplastic cells is associated with the ability of cells to escape programmed cell death, in which dysregulation of intracellular calcium may play an important role. Therefore, reliable monitoring of intracellular calcium levels is necessary.
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