Karaktärisering av hund TK1 för användning som tumörmarkör

  • Fröberg, Cecilia
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Publication date
January 2006
Publisher
SLU/Dept. of Molecular Biosciences

Abstract

Thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) is an intracellular enzyme involved in "the salvage pathway" where the uncomplete parts of DNA are transformed into DNA precursors. The expression of TK1 is cell cykle specific, with the highest level during S-phase when DNA-synthesis is most active. One kind of TK1 is present in serum and an increase in TK1 activity in serum is due to either the level of DNA synthesis in the body or the number of cells dying in a state of replication. This can be used and is used as a marker for prognosis and evaluation of treatment in human patients with leukemia and lymphoma. A study has been performed in which the test evaluated for human medicine has been used on serum from dogs with malignant lymphoma. The purpose of the study...

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