BCL2 and acute myeloid leukemia: This finding is similar with already published data, but it has to be said that the influence of BAX expression level on prognosis in AML was predominantly studied through its association with other apoptotic genes, like BCL2 (BAX/BCL2 ratio).9,17,19,20,41,42 In our study, BAX/BCL2low ratio was significantly associated with the presence of the resistance.