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Nature Medicine 11, 77–84 (1 January 2005) | doi:10.1038/nm1161

Tumor-selective action of HDAC inhibitors involves TRAIL induction in acute myeloid leukemia cells

Angela Nebbioso , Nicole Clarke , Emilie Voltz , Emmanuelle Germain , Concetta Ambrosino , Paola Bontempo , Rosana Alvarez , Ettore M Schiavone , Felicetto Ferrara , Francesco Bresciani , Alessandro Weisz , Angel R de Lera , Hinrich Gronemeyer & Lucia Altucci

Chromatin is a dynamic macromolecular structure epigenetically modified to regulate specific gene expression. Altered chromatin function can lead to aberrant expression of growth regulators and may, ultimately, cause cancer.