HLF and acute myeloid leukemia: NCTD decreased hepatic leukemia factor (HLF) protein levels, a gene implicated in hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) regulation, and induced apoptosis in the acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cell line MV4-11 by modulating the expression of several molecules that govern survival pathways, including HLF, SLUG, NFIL3, and c-myc, thereby inducing p53 and the mitochondrial caspase cascade that explores the ability of NCTD to target stem cells [30].