The results of real‐time fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction showed that even a slight increase in the expression of Bcl‐w altered the expression of other Bcl‐2 family members and the 18‐kDa translocator protein (TSPO) may shift the overall steady‐state balance towards apoptosis and thus result in HL.38 Here, TSPO is linked to Hodgkins lymphoma.