A study by Li et al. showed that marine-derived fungus Aspergillus fumigatus have potential anticancer effects on breast cancers and its active component, fumigaclavine C, induces apoptosis through upregulating the Bax and Bad levels as well as downregulating the Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL levels in a NF-κB-dependent manner. This evidence concerns the gene BAX and breast carcinoma.