Prolonged treatment with DNMT inhibitors induces distinct effects in promoters and gene-bodies.

Treatment with the demethylating drugs 5-azacytidine (AZA) and decitabine (DAC) is now recognised as an effective therapy for patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS), a range of disorders arising in clones of hematopoietic progenitor cells. A variety of cell models have been used to study the...

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Main Authors: Yan-Fung Wong, Lars Martin Jakt, Shin-Ichi Nishikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3735498?pdf=render