Uracil in DNA: consequences for carcinogenesis and chemotherapy

SH Berger, DL Pittman, MD Wyatt - Biochemical pharmacology, 2008 - Elsevier
The synthesis of thymidylate (TMP) occupies a convergence of two critical metabolic
pathways: folate metabolism and pyrimidine biosynthesis. Thymidylate is formed from …

Developmental Issues in StepFamilies Research Project: Family relationships and parent-child interactions.

JH Bray, SH Berger - Journal of family psychology, 1993 - psycnet.apa.org
… James Bray and Sandra Berger conducted part of this research while they were affiliated
with Texas Woman's University—Houston Center. This research was supported by Grants RO1 …

Uniform orientation and size of ferroelectric domains

D Yadlovker, S Berger - Physical Review B, 2005 - APS
Rochelle salt (RS)(Na KC 4 H 4 O 6∙ 4 H 2 O) single crystals were grown inside an array of
alumina pores having an average diameter of 30 nm and length of about 0.5 μ m. The crystals …

Effects of ligand binding and conformational switching on intracellular stability of human thymidylate synthase

SH Berger, FG Berger, L Lebioda - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and …, 2004 - Elsevier
Thymidylate synthase (TS) is the target in colon cancer therapeutic protocols utilizing such
drugs as 5-fluorouracil and raltitrexed. The effectiveness of these treatments is hampered by …

Human Thymidylate Synthase Is in the Closed Conformation When Complexed with dUMP and Raltitrexed, an Antifolate Drug,

J Phan, S Koli, W Minor, RB Dunlap, SH Berger… - Biochemistry, 2001 - ACS Publications
Thymidylate synthase (TS) is a major target in the chemotherapy of colorectal cancer and
some other neoplasms while raltitrexed (Tomudex, ZD1694) is an antifolate inhibitor of TS …

Thymidylate synthase overproduction and gene amplification in fluorodeoxyuridine-resistant human cells.

SH Berger, CH Jenh, LF Johnson, FG Berger - Molecular pharmacology, 1985 - ASPET
Cytotoxicity to 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine (FdUrd) derives from its conversion to 5-fluorodeoxyuridine-5'-monophosphate,
which binds to and inhibits thymidylate synthase (TS) in the …

Triple modality testing by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for the diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma

A Nanda, JM Brown, SH Berger… - Therapeutic …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: Brush cytology has a low sensitivity for the diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma.
This study aimed to compare the standard approach (brush cytology) with a triple modality …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of human thymidylate synthase suggests advantages of chemotherapy with noncompetitive inhibitors

…, WC Ding, W Minor, RB Dunlap, SH Berger… - Journal of Biological …, 2001 - ASBMB
Thymidylate synthase (TS) is a major target in the chemotherapy of colorectal cancer and
some other neoplasms. The emergence of resistance to the treatment is often related to the …

[HTML][HTML] Breast cancer disparities in South Carolina: early detection, special programs, and descriptive epidemiology

…, CM Mosley, MV Modayil, SH Berger… - Journal of the South …, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women, 1 and risk increases
substantially with age. 2 It is the second leading cause of cancer death among women in …

Developmental abnormalities in multiple proliferative tissues of ApcMin/+ mice

…, L Liu, PA Wood, SH Berger… - International journal …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Germ‐line mutation of the Apc gene has been linked to familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)
that predisposes to colon cancer. Apc Min/+ mice, heterozygous for the Apc gene mutation…