Figure 4C,D showed a down-regulation of Bcl-2 mRNA and protein in the PC3-KLK10 cell line. In the PC3-KLK10 xenograft tumour of nude mice, Bcl-2 protein expression was also low (Fig. 4E). Bax, another important gene and one of the proapoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins, was slightly down-regulated in the PC3-KLK10 cell line (Fig. 4C,D), but similar findings were observed in Vector and PC3-KLK10 xenograft tumour tissues (Supplemental Fig. 1A). Here, BAX is linked to neoplasm.