“…The changes include a strong upregulation of a number of proapoptotic genes, such as FAS, TNFSF10/TRAIL, PUMA, NOXA, BAX, and AEN, and downregulation of antiapoptotic proteins such as survivin/BIRC5 and BCL-2. FAS and TRAIL are components of the extrinsic pathway of apoptosis and themselves are attractive therapeutic targets (41,42), whereas the others are key regulators of the intrinsic pathway. PUMA, NOXA, BAX, AEN, FAS, and TRAIL are established direct targets of p53 (43), thus indicating a strong activation of p53 proapoptosis function by the combination treatment.…”