Tetrahydroisoquinolines as novel histone deacetylase inhibitors for treatment of cancer

Histone acetylation is a critical process in the regulation of chromatin structure and gene expression. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) remove the acetyl group, leading to chromatin condensation and transcriptional repression. HDAC inhibitors are considered a new class of anticancer agents and have bee...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Danqi Chen, Aijun Shen, Guanghua Fang, Hongchun Liu, Minmin Zhang, Shuai Tang, Bing Xiong, Lanping Ma, Meiyu Geng, Jingkang Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211383515001598