Methods for treating and/or preventing disease conditions caused or induced or aggravated by microbes, especially bacteria, by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase activity, such as by administering to an animal a DNA methyltransferase inhibitor, are disclosed, along with methods of reducing or ablating virulence in bacteria by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase activity.
通过抑制DNA甲基转移酶活性,例如通过向动物施用DNA甲基转移酶
抑制剂,来治疗和/或预防由微
生物,特别是细菌引起、诱导或加重的疾病状况的方法被揭示,同时还揭示了通过抑制DNA甲基转移酶活性来减少或消除细菌的毒力的方法。