NFKB1 and nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Thus, aberrant expression of affected host genes mediated by BART lncRNA might lead to immune evasion, progression, and metastasis of NPC.285 Verhoeven et al.286 showed that NF-κB activates the BART promoters and regulates expression of EBV-BART miRNAs and lncRNAs in NPC.