title: [Correction of DNA methylation disorder as a possible way to modulation of malignant cells drug resistance].
abstract: The role of DNA methylation in functioning of a normal and cancer cell is shown in this review. The value of methylation in functioning of the systems which are involved in the process of formation of malignant cells drug resistance phenotype (regulator proteins of cellular cycle, DNA-adducts reparation, transport systems, systems of detoxication and adhesion) is explicated. The prospects of the antineoplastic therapy directed to regulation of DNA methylation by means of homocysteine and demethylation agents are analyzed.
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Chekhun
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Mykytenko
authors.forename: N Iu
authors.initials: NIu
authors.lastname: Luk'ianova
authors.forename: I P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Pohribnyĭ
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D019175:DNA Methylation / Q000187:drug effects*; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents