The role of thymidine uptake in the control of cell proliferation

J Taylor-Papadimitriou, E Rozengurt - Experimental Cell Research, 1979 - Elsevier
… Moreover, the enzyme thymidine kinase has been implicated in growth regulation since
elevated levels of the enzyme have been found in replicating cells [3], such as regenerating liver …

Measuring herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase reporter gene expression in vitro

SS Yaghoubi, SS Gambhir - Nature protocols, 2006 - nature.com
… -sr39TK enzyme activity in cell or tissue lysates by … cell lysate protein after a fixed incubation
time. The other method, called the 'cell-uptake assay', takes into account the natural uptake

SPECT Imaging of Herpes Simplex Virus Type1 Thymidine Kinase Gene Expression By [123I] FIAU1

SR Choi, ZP Zhuang, AM Chacko, PD Acton… - Academic radiology, 2005 - Elsevier
thymidine kinase. They validated the activities of all three proteins encoded by the fusion gene
in cell … In conclusion, a comparison study of D- and L-isomers of [ 125 I]FIAU in cell uptake

Intercellular delivery of thymidine kinase prodrug activating enzyme by the herpes simplex virus protein, VP22

MS Dilber, A Phelan, A Aints, AJ Mohamed, G Elliott… - Gene Therapy, 1999 - nature.com
… This assay examines cell viability by measuring calcein-AM uptake and esterification,
which results in green fluorescence, and cell death by measuring uptake of ethidium bromide …

… as a cell proliferation marker: comparative uptake studies with [3H] thymidine and [3H] arabinothymidine, and cell-analysis in 22 asynchronously growing tumor cell …

J Toyohara, A Waki, S Takamatsu, Y Yonekura… - Nuclear medicine and …, 2002 - Elsevier
… FLT is believed to be phosphorylated by thymidine kinase 1 (TK 1 ), a cell cycle regulated
cytoplasmic isozyme, and might be retained as a phosphorylated form [6], [16], [29] but not …

Synthesis and evaluation of thymidine kinase 1-targeting carboranyl pyrimidine nucleoside analogs for boron neutron capture therapy of cancer

HK Agarwal, A Khalil, K Ishita, W Yang… - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
A library of sixteen 2nd generation amino- and amido-substituted carboranyl pyrimidine
nucleoside analogs, designed as substrates and inhibitors of thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) for …

Correlation of 18F-FLT uptake with equilibrative nucleoside transporter-1 and thymidine kinase-1 expressions in gastrointestinal cancer

R Kameyama, Y Yamamoto, K Izuishi… - Nuclear medicine …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
… trapped within the cytosol after being monophosphorylated by thymidine kinase-1 (TK1), a …
as measures of cellular proliferation, we need to understand the mechanism of FLT uptake in …

A simple quantitative assay for the activity of thymidine kinase 1 in solid tumors

JS Brockenbrough, JS Rasey, JR Grierson… - Nuclear medicine and …, 2007 - Elsevier
… , in part due to exciting preliminary studies in cell cultures, animal models and humans [4],
[5], [6], [7], [8]. To date, FLT uptake has been correlated with many of the most commonly used …

Cellular influx, efflux, and anabolism of 3-carboranyl thymidine analogs: potential boron delivery agents for neutron capture therapy

E Sjuvarsson, VL Damaraju, D Mowles… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2013 - ASPET
… an excellent substrate of thymidine kinase 1 and its … cellular uptake and metabolism of [ 3
H]N5-2OH was followed for up to 120 minutes, as described in Materials and Methods. Uptake

Thymidine kinase activity in human bone marrow cells

SN Wickramasinghe, I Olsen… - Scandinavian Journal of …, 1975 - Wiley Online Library
… the activity of the enzyme thymidine kinase (ATP-thymidine 5’-… exogenously supplied TdR
to thymidine monophosphate, and … , rates of uptake of 3H-TdR and thymidine kinase activity in …