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DNA methylation changes after 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine therapy in patients with leukemia.
Cancer research - 15 May 2006
Yang Allen S, Doshi Ketan D, Choi Sang-Woon, Mason Joel B, Mannari Rajan K, Gharybian Vazganush, Luna Rene, Rashid Asif, Shen Lanlan, Estecio Marcos R H, Kantarjian Hagop M, Garcia-Manero Guillermo, Issa Jean-Pierre J
Abstract excerpt
5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine (decitabine) is postulated to have clinical activity in myeloid leukemias via its ability to inhibit DNA methylation. To study this, we examined DNA methylation in patients with leukemia treated with decitabine. Five days after the treatment, total genomic 5-methylcytosine/cytosine decreased on average by 14% (from 4.3% to 3.7%), whereas methylation of repetitive DNA elements showed a mean...
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