The effects of A. membranaceus on gastric-cancer-induced mesothelial cell apoptosis were analyzed in a previous study, which reported that the Astragalus treatment could partly suppress HMrSV5 cells’ apoptosis induced by the supernatant of MKN45 gastric cancer cells, condensation of chromatin and nuclear fragmentations, and regulate the expressions of Bax and Bcl-2 in the HMrSV5 cells [100]. This evidence concerns the gene BAX and gastric cancer.