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By Wolfgang Sippl, Manfred Jung, Raimund Mannhold, Hugo Kubinyi, Gerd Folkers

ISBN-10: 3527323554

ISBN-13: 9783527323555

ISBN-10: 3527627073

ISBN-13: 9783527627073

Fueled by way of the services of a crew of foreign professional authors, this primary reference at the booming subject covers every little thing a drug researcher must learn about focusing on epigenetic mechanisms of affliction.
the 1st a part of the publication surveys present methodologies for locating and validating drug applicants that act through epigenetic mechanisms. the second one half systematically surveys identified and suspected drug pursuits in the epigenetic equipment, together with the invention and improvement of vorinostat, the 1st advertised epigenetic drug.

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For example, RG108 (3), a phthaloyl tryptophan derivative was identified in a small molecule screen as a DNMT1 active site inhibitor [75]. RG108 inhibits methyltransferase activity in vitro and reduces global methylation levels in human cancer cells [76]. Hydralazine (4), a vasodilating drug, is reported to inhibit DNA methylation [77]. Surprisingly, in a recent Phase I study, hydralazine reactivated tumor suppressor genes in cervical cancer patients without altering global methylation levels [78].

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