Similarly, constitutive activation of NFκB activity has been demonstrated in CLL cells, conferring survival benefit through induction of a multitude of anti-apoptotic proteins including X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP), FLICE-like inhibitory protein (FLIP) and members of the BCL2 family (BCL-XL and A1/BFL1) [48,49]. Here, BCL2L1 is linked to B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia.