NFKB1 and viral infectious disease: To our knowledge, although the role of the GSK3β or NF-κB related signaling pathways in viral infection and the control of NF-κB signaling activity by GSKβ has been confirmed separately (18–23, 37), no previous studies have explored the functional mechanisms of GSKβ in viral infection from the perspective of the regulation of NF-κB; therefore, this study is the first such report.