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). This evidence concerns the gene BECN1 and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.