Bromodeoxyuridine: a diagnostic tool in biology and medicine, Part III. Proliferation in normal, injured and diseased tissue, growth factors, differentiation, DNA replication sites and in situ hybridization.
This paper is a continuation of parts I (history, methods and cell kinetics) and II (clinical applications and carcinogenesis) published previously (Dolbeare, 1995 Histochem. J. 27, 339, 923). Incorporation of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdUrd) into DNA is used to measure proliferation in normal, diseased and injured tissue and to follow the effect of growth factors. Immunochemical detection of BrdUrd can be used to determine proliferative characteristics of differentiating tissues and to obtain birth dates for actual differentiation events. Studies are also described in which BrdUrd is used to follow the order of DNA replication in specific chromosomes, DNA replication sites in the nucleus and to monitor DNA repair. BrdUrd incorporation has been used as a tool for in situ hybridization experiments.
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Biology and Biotechnology Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California 94551-9900, USA.
D000818:Animals; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine / Q000737:chemistry*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D002875:Chromosomes; D004260:DNA Repair; D004261:DNA Replication; D015870:Gene Expression; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D013997:Time Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology*
D006133:Growth Substances; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine