Finally, Beclin 1 was found to be positive in twocases only of glioblastomas, with an inverse correlation with pAkt and pStat3.Beclin 1 is considered to be representative of the type II programmed celldeath, or autophagy, and in cancers this pathway is not clearly separated fromtype I programmed cell death, or apoptosis, and both pathways can be functional inthe same cell [33]. Here, BECN1 is linked to glioblastoma.