The present invention relates to a compositions for and methods for cancer treatment, for example, hematopoietic cancers (e.g. B-cell Lymphoma). In other aspects, the invention provides methods for treating particular types of hematopoietic cancers, such as B-cell lymphoma, using a combination of one or more of the disclosed compounds and, for example, 26S proteasome inhibitors, such as, for example, Bortezomib. In another aspect the present invention relates to autoimmune treatment with the disclosed compounds. In another aspect, this invention relates to methods for identifying compounds, for example, compounds of the BH3 mimic class, that have unique in vitro properties that predict in vivo efficacy against B-cell lymphoma tumors and other cancers as well as autoimmune disease.
