IKBKE and viral infectious disease: Interestingly, the prognostic immune genes are mainly related to inflammation such as IKBKE that plays a role in regulating inflammatory responses to viral infection (159), the well-known proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL6) (160), the complement C5 (161), or the receptor of hyaluronic acid, CD44, involved in inflammation and tissue regeneration (162).