highly significantp < 0.001
In addition to the DNA methylation changes observed for ABCB1 and ABCG2 , selection of GLC-4 cells for resistance to adriamycin was associated with a highly significant decrease (from 89 to 65%, p < 0.001) in the DNA methylation status of LINE-1 (long interspersed nuclear element 1), a surrogate marker of global DNA methylation (data not shown).