In HeLa cervical cancer cells, luteolin increased the expression of various pro-apoptotic proteins, including BAX, BAD, BID, APAF1, TRADD, FAS, FADD, and caspase-3 and -9, but the expression of anti-apoptotic proteins, such as BCL-2 and MCL-1, decreased. This evidence concerns the gene BCL2 and cervical carcinoma.