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. 2023 Feb 17;8:69. doi: 10.1038/s41392-023-01341-7

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

The roles of different epigenetic modifications in tumor resistance. DNA methylation is co-regulated by DNA methyltransferases and DNA demethylases, mainly influencing apoptosis, stemness, EMT, and cell proliferation through Notch and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathways to modulate drug resistance. Non-coding RNAs mainly include four small nucleotides and two large nucleotides, which promote or inhibit tumor resistance. Similarly, histone methylation and acetylation are histone modifications. They keep gene expressions in balance through histone demethylases and methyltransferases, histone acetyltransferases and histone deacetylases, respectively, and function as a double-edged sword in cancer resistance