Gemcitabine functions epigenetically by inhibiting repair mediated DNA demethylation.

Gemcitabine is a cytotoxic cytidine analog, which is widely used in anti-cancer therapy. One mechanism by which gemcitabine acts is by inhibiting nucleotide excision repair (NER). Recently NER was implicated in Gadd45 mediated DNA demethylation and epigenetic gene activation. Here we analyzed the ef...

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Main Authors: Andrea Schäfer, Lars Schomacher, Guillermo Barreto, Gabi Döderlein, Christof Niehrs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2988820?pdf=render