To test the causal relationship between BATF3, IRF5, ZBTB38 expression and sensitivity to cisplatin on the cell level, we transfected BATF3-targeting, IRF5-targeting, and ZBTB38-targeting siRNAs separately in human cancer cell lines, A549 and H358 (non-small-cell lung cancer), which on the one hand expresses high BATF3, IRF5, ZBTB38 levels. Here, IRF5 is linked to non-small cell lung carcinoma.