Abstract
DNA hypermethylation is an epigenetic event that is commonly found in malignant cells and is used as a therapeutic target for β-decitabine (β-DEC) containing hypomethylating agents (eg Dacogen® and guadecitabine). β-DEC requires cellular uptake and intracellular metabolic activation to β-DEC triphosphate before it can get incorporated into the DNA. Once
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