In pancreatic cancer cells, H3K4me3 is associated with the activation of anti‐apoptotic genes, such as Bcl‐x, FLIP and Mcl‐1 and H3K9me3 is linked to the suppression of pro‐apoptotic genes, including Bak, Bax and Bim, contributing to GCB resistance (Lu et al. The gene discussed is BAX; the disease is familial pancreatic carcinoma.