BCL2 and lung carcinoma: In addition, Neferine has been shown to increase the antitumor activity of cisplatin in lung cancer A549 cells via G1 phase cell cycle arrest, hypergeneration of ROS, upregulating Bax, BAk, p53, and c-myc levels while downregulating Bcl-2, FAK, VEGF, MMP-2/-9, and loss of membrane potential (ΔΨM) [77].