We found a main effect of diagnosis on IKKα mRNA, in that levels were decreased in schizophrenia compared to controls (F(1,131) = 15.449, p < 0.0001), but when high neuroinflammation controls were excluded, there was no difference in expression diagnostically (t(121) = − 1.234, p = 0.220). The gene discussed is CHUK; the disease is schizophrenia.