BAX and B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia: It also resulted in elevated cleaved poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) and BCL2 associated x (BAX)/B cell CLL/lymphoma-2 (BCL-2) in cytarabine-treated HL-60 cells (Figure 6A and 6C), clearly indicating that miR-143 overexpression promotes caspase-dependent apoptosis.