We found significantly higher basal levels of the following phospho-proteins in malignant B cells from SLL/CLL patients: p-SFKs, p-PLCγ, p-ERK, p-p38 and p- p65 (NF-κB), p-STAT5 and p-STAT6 (Figure2). This evidence concerns the gene RELA and B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia.