Pro-inflammatory gene transcription is tanked when demethylation is inhibited but cytotoxicity of  virally infected or cancer cells by NK’s (where demethylation is inhibited) remains intact.

References

J. Biol. Chem. 2018;293:2422-2437

J. of Biol. Chem. 2016. 291, 23756-23768

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