MDM2 and Parkinson disease: Levites et al., reported that epigallocatechin 3-gallate (0.1–10 μM) exerted neuroprotective effects in a mice model of PD through inhibition of BCL2 associated X (Bax), MDM2 proto-oncogene (Mdm2), and reduction of B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2), Bcl-w, and Bcl-xL expression.