MCL1 and neoplasm: Curcumin inhibits the occurrence and development of tumor cells by regulating the expression of growth factors, inflammatory factors, apoptosis-related proteins, protein phosphokinases, and receptors, and cell proliferation-related genes, such as FGFs, VEGF, EGF/EGFR, TNF, IFN, ILs, Caspase-3/6/8/10, FADD, MAPK, JNK, IKK, Survivin, MCL-1, BCL-xL, cIAP-1/2, BCL-2, c-Myc, PCNA, Cyclin D1, etc (Giordano and Tommonaro, 2019).