In this study, DR5, casitas B‐lineage lymphoma‐b (Cbl‐b)/c‐Cbl, and TRAF2 formed a complex in TRAIL‐resistant gastric cancer cells, and Cbl‐b and c‐Cbl were the critical adaptors linking DR5 and TRAF2. Here, TNFSF10 is linked to gastric cancer.