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Azacitidine
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| A pyrimidine analogue that inhibits DNA methyltransferase, impairing DNA methylation. It is also an antimetabolite of cytidine, incorporated primarily into RNA. Azacytidine has been used as an antineoplastic agent.
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| Other names Azacytidine; NSC102816; NSC 102816; 5 Azacytidine; Vidaza; Pharmion Brand of Azacitidine; NSC-102816; 5-Azacytidine; Azacytidine
Drugs: VIDAZA
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| decitabine [ 2'-deoxy-5-azacytidine,5-azadeoxycytidine,5-deoxyazacytidine,NSC 127716,NSC-127716,5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine,Dacogen ]
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Azacitidine/*analogs & derivativesMyelodysplastic SyndromesDNA Modification Methylases/antagonists & inhibitors
Pharma Action Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; Enzyme Inhibitors; Teratogens
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Biochem Pharmacol 28(8):1443;1979; Cancer Res 1979;39(10):3822; Cancer Res 37:1636;1977; Cancer Res 38(9):2673;1978; FEBS Lett 78(2):244;1977; JNCI 1979;63(4):1035; Neoplasma 25(4):385;1978
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