DNA- hypometylering af afvigende metylerede gener, der er involveret i regulering af normal cellecyklus, differentiering og celledød, kan resultere i reekspression af genet og genopretning af cancersupprimerende funktioner til cancerceller.
DNA hypomethylation of aberrantly methylated genes involved in normal cell cycle regulation, differentiation and death pathways may result in gene re-expression and restoration of cancer- suppressing functions to cancer cells.