BCL2 and infection: Apoptosis triggers the shutdown of the immune response when an infection has been overcome.5 Importantly, key elements of the basic apoptotic signaling machinery have been first discovered in the hematopoietic system associated with diseases when aberrantly expressed (Bcl-2 and lymphoma) or mutated (CD95 and ALPS),6 underscoring the intimate association of the apoptotic machinery, in particular, Bcl-2 proteins with the homeostasis of the hematopoietic system (Figure 1).