In LPS-primed macrophages, NFκB was shown to upregulate p62 expression (Zhong et al., 2016) and in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells the expression of BECN1 and LC3 was also demonstrated to be modulated by NFκB (p65; He et al., 2017). The gene discussed is SQSTM1; the disease is head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.