Deoxynucleoside analogs in cancer therapy /

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Imprint:Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2006.
Description:xiii, 476 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cancer drug discovery and development
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6240363
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Other authors / contributors:Peters, Godefridus Johannes, 1952-
ISBN:1588293270 (alk. paper)
9781588293275
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • 1. Nucleoside Transport Into Cells: Role of Nucleoside Transporters SLC28 and SLC29 in Cancer Chemotherapy
  • 2. The Role of Deoxycytidine Kinase in DNA Synthesis and Nucleoside Analog Activation
  • 3. Deoxynucleoside Kinases and Their Potential Role in Deoxynucleoside Cytotoxicity
  • 4. Nucleotidases and Nucleoside Analog Cytotoxicity
  • 5. Pumping Out Drugs: The Potential Impact of ABC Transporters on Resistance to Base, Nucleoside, and Nucleotide Analogs
  • 6. Cytosine Arabinoside: Metabolism, Mechanisms of Resistance, and Clinical Pharmacology
  • 7. Clofarabine: Mechanisms of Action, Pharmacology, and Clinical Investigations
  • 8. L-Nucleosides as Chemotherapeutic Agents
  • 9. Troxacitabine (Troxatyl): A Deoxycytidine Nucleoside Analog With Potent Antitumor Activity
  • 10. 9-[Beta]-D-Arabinofuranosylguanine
  • 11. Gemcitabine: Mechanism of Action and Resistance
  • 12. Clinical Activity of Gemcitabine as a Single Agent and in Combination
  • 13. Nucleoside Radiosensitizers
  • 14. NONMEM Population Models of Cytosine Arabinoside and Fludarabine Phosphate in Pediatric Patients With Leukemia
  • 15. The cycloSal-Nucleotide Delivery System: Development of Chemical Trojan Horses as Antiviral Agents
  • 16. Purine and Pyrimidine-Based Analogs and Suicide Gene Therapy
  • 17. 3[prime]-Deoxy-3[prime]-Fluorothymidine as a Tracer of Proliferation in Positron Emission Tomography
  • Index