Other studies of IKKα signalling independent of the non-canonical NF-κB pathway in colorectal cancer provide additional evidence that IKKα binds to Notch-dependent gene promoters to upregulate them and release chromatin-bound SMRT, which can be restored by inhibition IKKα and results in colorectal cancer xenografts shrinking in size [56]. This evidence concerns the gene NFKB1 and colorectal cancer.