DNA demethylation and cancer: therapeutic implications

M Szyf, P Pakneshan, SA Rabbani - Cancer letters, 2004 - Elsevier
… Since SAM might have effects other than increasing DNA methylation, we tested whether the
antimetastatic effects of SAM are reversible by the DNA demethylating agent 5-za-CdR. The …

DNA demethylation and invasive cancer: implications for therapeutics

D Cheishvili, L Boureau, M Szyf - British journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… progress in using DNA methylation inhibitors in cancer therapy and the potential … DNA
hypermethylation in cancer and in providing the proof of principle for DNA demethylation therapy

Therapeutic implications of DNA methylation

M Szyf - Future Oncology, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
DNA demethylation agents cause activation of metastatic genes. The methylation status
of metastatic genes such as uPA, is in steady state equilibrium, which is a balance of …

Changes in DNA methylation in neoplasia: pathophysiology and therapeutic implications

V Santini, HM Kantarjian, JP Issa - Annals of internal medicine, 2001 - acpjournals.org
… In this article, the biological rationale for targeting aberrant methylation in cancer therapy
is reviewed and completed phase I and II trials of this approach, some of which show promise …

Site-specific DNA demethylation as a potential target for cancer epigenetic therapy

SA Neja - Epigenetics insights, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
DNA demethylation may have significant therapeuticDNA demethylase targeted to the
tumor suppressor gene promoter CpG sites can be made by fusing human TET1 demethylase

DNA demethylation and cancer metastasis: therapeutic implications

M Szyf - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
DNA hypomethylation aberrations play in metastasis and its potential therapeutic implications
oligonucleotide directed against the putative DNA demethylase MBD2 results in silencing …

The role of DNA-demethylating agents in cancer therapy

P Mehdipour, T Murphy, DD De Carvalho - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
DNA demethylation by modifying or removing 5mC. In contrary, passive DNA demethylation
… results in dilution and loss of 5mC during DNA replication (Wu & Zhang, 2010) (Fig. 2). …

DNA methylation and demethylation probed by small molecules

M Szyf - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene Regulatory …, 2010 - Elsevier
… of DNA demethylation, the presence of active demethylation in … An interesting therapeutic
implications of the global … might turn into a new approach to cancer therapy [117]. It is clear …

DNA methylation properties: consequences for pharmacology

M Szyf - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 1994 - cell.com
… "bear a general DNA demethylase activity that is similar to the DNA methyltransferase. This
… the therapeutic implications of DNA methylation. First, because the level of DNA methyl…

DNA methylation and cancer therapy

M Szyf - Drug Resistance Updates, 2003 - Elsevier
… it is expected to have the general nucleoside analog side effects of DAC, its favorable
pharmacokinetic properties make it a good candidate for a therapeutic DNA demethylating agent. …