To investigate the role of apoptosis-related proteins in BMI-1026-induced apoptosis, we used human renal carcinoma Caki cells engineered to overexpress Bcl-2 (Caki/Bcl-2), c-FLIP (L) (Caki/c-FLIP (L)), and Mcl-1 (L) (Caki/Mcl-1 (L)). The gene discussed is FAM215A; the disease is renal carcinoma.