BAD and colon carcinoma: The cell lines HepG2 (human hepatocellular carcinoma), HL-60 (human promyelocytic leukemia), K-562 (human chronic myelogenous leukemia), B16-F10 (mouse melanoma), MCF-7 (human breast carcinoma), HCT116 (human colon carcinoma), HSC-3 (human oral squamous cell carcinoma), SCC-4 (human oral squamous cell carcinoma), MRC-5 (human lung fibroblast), WT SV40 MEF (wild-type immortalized mouse embryonic fibroblast), and BAD KO SV40 MEF (BAD gene knockout immortalized mouse embryonic fibroblasts) were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Manassas, VA, USA).