. . . . . . . . . . . . "[Previous studies have shown that the bcl-2 gene encodes a mitochondrial protein that contributes to neoplastic cell expansion primarily by promoting cell survival through interference with `programmed cell death` (PCD), also termed `apoptosis.` Because many chemotherapeutic drugs are capable of initiating pathways leading to apoptosis, we determined whether deregulated bcl-2 expression could render cells resistant to several drugs commonly used in the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, including dexamethasone (DEX), methotrexate (MTX), 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl-cytosine (Ara-C), etoposide (VP-16), vincristine (VC), cisplatin (CP), and hydroperoxycyclophosphamide (4-HC).]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine."@en . . . . . "2014-02-25"^^ . . "Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature."@en . "DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE"@en . "2014-10-02T12:39:25+02:00"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "v2.1.0.0" . "v2.1.0" .