BCL2 and B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A common observation in hematological cancer cells, including follicular lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), is the upregulation of the anti-apoptotic B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) protein, the founding member of the Bcl-2-protein family1.