BCL2 and atherosclerosis: Apoptosis in pathophysiology of atherosclerosis had indicated by powerful relevance between Bcl-2 protein and apoptosis in the progression of atherosclerotic, as well as the suppression of ox-LDL-abduced apoptosis through the Bcl-2 protein (Wang et al., 2001) and Bax expression within human fatty streaks (Hata et al., 2001).