“…We measured CK2 activity indirectly by using an antibody against the phospho-CK2 substrate (motif pS/pTDXE) to measure the amount of phosphorylated CK2 substrates. This method is widely used in literature to measure kinase activity, such as activity of the following kinases CK2 [ 16 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 ], AMPK [ 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 ], AMT/ATR [ 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 ], PKA [ 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 ], and PKC [ 77 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 ]. Both CK2 knockdown and CX-4945 treatment inhibited the proliferation of CCA cells.…”