In human colon cancer cells LS174T/R, used as a model of endogenous chemoresistance due to MRP2 overexpression, MRP2pr-OATP1B1 induced OATP1B1 expression together with chemosensitivity to OATP1B1 substrates. This evidence concerns the gene SLCO1B1 and malignant colon neoplasm.