Antibody-targeted chemotherapy of older patients with acute myeloid leukemia in first relapse using Mylotarg (gemtuzumab ozogamicin)

RA Larson, M Boogaerts, E Estey, C Karanes… - Leukemia, 2002 - nature.com
We analyzed the safety and efficacy of Mylotarg (gemtuzumab ozogamicin, an antibody-
targeted chemotherapy consisting of a humanized anti-CD33 antibody linked to …

A phase 1 and pharmacodynamic study of decitabine in combination with carboplatin in patients with recurrent, platinum‐resistant, epithelial ovarian cancer

F Fang, C Balch, J Schilder, T Breen, S Zhang… - Cancer, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Aberrant DNA methylation is a hallmark of cancer, and DNA
methyltransferase inhibitors have demonstrated clinical efficacy in hematologic …

Cytogenetic responses in high‐risk myelodysplastic syndrome following low‐dose treatment with the DNA methylation inhibitor 5‐aza‐2′‐deoxycytidine

M LuÈbbert, P Wijermans, R Kunzmann… - British journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Decitabine (5‐aza‐2′‐deoxycytidine) acts as a powerful demethylating agent in vitro.
Clinically, low‐dose decitabine ameliorates cytopenias including induction of trilineage …

Decitabine—bedside to bench

Y Oki, E Aoki, JPJ Issa - Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 2007 - Elsevier
PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW: Epigenetic changes marked by DNA methylation are known to
contribute to the malignant transformation of cells by silencing critical genes. Decitabine …

Chronic myelogenous leukemia in nonlymphoid blastic phase: analysis of the results of first salvage therapy with three different treatment approaches for 162 patients

S Sacchi, HM Kantarjian, S O'Brien… - … Journal of the …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The prognoses of patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia in blastic
phase (CML‐BP) are extremely poor. Treatment of patients with nonlymphoid CML‐BP is …

[HTML][HTML] Lack of phosphotyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 expression in malignant T-cell lymphoma cells results from methylation of the SHP-1 promoter

Q Zhang, PN Raghunath, E Vonderheid… - The American journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
SHP-1 is an important negative regulator of signaling by several receptors including
receptors for interleukin-2 (IL-2R) and other cytokines. SHP-1 acts by dephosphorylating the …

Decitabine in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia in elderly patients

P Malik, AF Cashen - Cancer management and research, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The majority of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are elderly and have a poor
prognosis despite induction therapy. Decitabine, a DNA-hypomethylating agent that induces …

DNA methylation changes in multiple myeloma

O Galm, S Wilop, J Reichelt, E Jost, G Gehbauer… - Leukemia, 2004 - nature.com
Using a candidate gene approach, we analyzed the methylation status of the promoter-
associated CpG islands of 11 well-characterized tumor suppressor genes by methylation …

A therapeutic trial of decitabine and vorinostat in combination with chemotherapy for relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia

MJ Burke, JK Lamba, S Pounds, X Cao… - American journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
DNA hypermethylation and histone deacetylation are pathways of leukemia resistance. We
investigated the tolerability and efficacy of decitabine and vorinostat plus chemotherapy in …

Inhibitors of DNA methylation in the treatment of hematological malignancies and MDS

G Leone, MT Voso, L Teofili, M Lübbert - Clinical Immunology, 2003 - Elsevier
DNA methylation abnormalities have recently emerged as one of the most frequent
molecular changes in hematopoietic neoplasms. Since methylation and transcriptional …