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Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Mechanism of action of pro-apoptic Bcl-2 proteins small molecules inhibitors such as venetoclax, disarib and obatoclax, where they can disrupt the interactions of Bcl-2 and BH3 proteins such as BAK, leading to homodimerization of the BH3 proteins and activation of apoptotic cascade.