Epigenetic treatment of hematopoietic malignancies: in vivo targets of demethylating agents

R Claus, M Almstedt, M Lübbert - Seminars in oncology, 2005 - Elsevier
… rationale for developing demethylating agents for the treatment of these diseases, …
demethylating agents given at nonintensive doses, and studies investigating in vivo demethylating

DNA demethylating agents and epigenetic therapy of cancer

S Mani, Z Herceg - Advances in genetics, 2010 - Elsevier
… Many of these agents are currently being tested in clinical … epigenetic drugs based on the
inhibition of DNA methylation. Combinatorial therapies that couple DNA demethylating agents

Epigenetic treatment of solid tumours: a review of clinical trials

C Nervi, E De Marinis, G Codacci-Pisanelli - Clinical epigenetics, 2015 - Springer
… this treatment might result in a better selection of effective agents and in a more rapid
development. We divided compounds in demethylating agentsEpigenetic treatment is a reality in …

Epigenetic therapy: use of agents targeting deacetylation and methylation in cancer management

AS Ho, S Turcan, TA Chan - OncoTargets and therapy, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
… That a substantial portion of patients benefited to some degree from such demethylating
agents, which are quite nonspecific, is somewhat surprising. There is clearly room to improve …

Targeting DNA methylation for epigenetic therapy

X Yang, F Lay, H Han, PA Jones - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2010 - cell.com
… alterations in cancer, and to subsequently develop new epigenetic therapies. This review
delineates the latest cancer epigenetic models, the recent discovery of hypomethylation agents

An epigenetic approach to the treatment of advanced MDS; the experience with the DNA demethylating agent 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine (decitabine) in 177 patients

PW Wijermans, M Lübbert, G Verhoef, V Klimek… - Annals of …, 2005 - Springer
During the last 10 years, three European phase II studies were performed to investigate the
treatment of elderly patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with low-dose 5-aza-2′-…

The promises and pitfalls of epigenetic therapies in solid tumours

JS Graham, SB Kaye, R Brown - European journal of cancer, 2009 - Elsevier
… However, we do not know what effect prolonged demethylation and epigenetic activation …
Some investigators have raised the concern that the longer term use of demethylating agents

Clinical development of demethylating agents in hematology

SC Navada, J Steinmann, M Lübbert… - The Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Clin Investig
… DNA methylation constitutes a major epigenetic regulatory mechanism for inactivating gene
treatment of MDS. The activity of these agents has demonstrated that epigenetic treatment is …

Demethylating agents in the treatment of cancer

PM Howell Jr, Z Liu, HT Khong - Pharmaceuticals, 2010 - mdpi.com
Demethylating agents seem to be more effective in … epigenetic regulation of cancer progression
via DNA methylation, effective treatment of solid malignancies with demethylating agents

Epigenetic targets in hematological malignancies: combination therapies with HDACis and demethylating agents

M Bishton, M Kenealy, R Johnstone… - Expert review of …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
… It is often hypomethylated after treatment with demethylating agents, with some reports
demonstrating that this translates into an increased expression of the relevant protein and …