As a tumor suppressor, KLF5, a transcription factor associated with cellular signaling involved in cell proliferation and oncogenesis, inhibits the expression of BIRC5 by binding p53 in acute lymphoblastic leukemia[23], suggesting that anti-apoptotic factor BIRC5 may play a key role in gene-regulated network of NPC. This evidence concerns the gene BIRC5 and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.