BIRC5 and cancer: RNA interference studies in several cancer cell lines show that knockdown of Sp1, Sp3 and Sp4 (singly or in combination) results in decreased expression of growth promoting (EGFR, c-MET, cyclin D1), survival (bcl-2, survivin), angiogenic (VEGF and its receptors), and pro-inflammatory [p65 (NFκB)] genes or gene products [18], [21]–[26].