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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"HSVtk"”.
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Development of a Lentivirus-mediated Gene Therapy Targeting HIV-1 RNA to Eliminate Infected Cells
… functionalize a defective cell suicide enzyme (*HSVtk*<sub>ΔAUG1</sub>) through targeted RNA *trans*-splicing with the HIV-1 D4 splice site. In-frame *HSVtk* translation is initiated from the start codon of the HIV-1 *tat1* donor exon in chimeric mRNA. HSVtk activates the prodrug ganciclovir …
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Mechanisms of Cell Death Initiated in Herpes Simplex Virus Thymidine Kinase Expressing Colon Tumor Cells Treated with Ganciclovir and UCN-01
… of Herpes Simplex Virus Thymidine Kinase (HSVtk) in combination with the prodrug, ganciclovir (GCV), has shown great promise for the genetic therapy of many cancers, but most patients have had only a partial or minimal response to the therapy. After screening a panel of two drug …
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An inducible, conditional and targeted B cell ablation mouse model for studying B cell functionality in the pathogenesis of human diseases
… the herpes simplex virus 1 thymidine kinase (HSVtk) or diphtheria toxin (DT) receptor combined with their respective transgenic strategies. The ablation using HSVtk transgenic mice eliminates dividing cells, but does not affect non-dividing cells. In addition, because of its extremely high …
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Targeting The Blood-Brain Barrier With A Non-Canonical Iron-Mimicry Mechanism
Treatment of central nervous system (CNS) diseases is limited by the blood-brain barrier (BBB), a selective vascular interface restricting passage of most molecules from blood into brain. Specific transport systems have evolved allowing circulating polar molecules to cross the BBB and gain access …