HYPOMETHYLATING AGENT 5-AZA-2’-DEOXYCYTIDINE (DAC) AMELIORATES THE CLINICAL COURSE OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IN A MOUSE MODEL

P. FAGONE, K. MANGANO, S. MAMMANA, E. CAVALLI, M.S. BASILE, F. NICOLETTI

Article ID: 6401
Vol 32, Issue 4S1, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/jbrha6401
Received: 8 September 2018; Accepted: 8 September 2018; Available online: 8 September 2018; Issue release: 8 September 2018

Abstract

Increasing body of data suggest a key role for epigenetics in the etiopathogenesis/development ofautoimmune disorders. Indeed, epigenetic dysregulations have already been described in rheumatoidarthritis (RA), lupus erythematosus (SLE), and multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Decitabine (5-aza-2’-deoxycytidine, Dacogen, (DAC) is a hypomethylating agent used for the treatment of myelodysplasticsyndrome. We have previously shown that DAC has both prophylactic and therapeutic disease-modifyingproperties in two mouse models of MS.



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