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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Lars Jakt
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-2130 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Wong Yan-Fung YF Jakt Lars Martin LM Nishikawa Shin-Ichi S
PloS one 20130806 8
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 effect of these drugs on the methylation of promoter regions of tumour suppressor genes, with recent efforts focusing on the ability of these drugs to inhibit DNA methylation at low doses. However, it ...[more]