Treatment of ALL cells with 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine induced a non-specific demethylation and upregulation of expression of genes implicated in TP53 pathway (Figure S4), as well as an increase in apoptosis of TOM-1 and NALM-20 cells as measured by Annexin-V, caspase-3 or PARP expression (Figure 5A). Here, TP53 is linked to acute lymphoblastic leukemia.