Similar to published results, THP1 human monocytic cells stably expressing NF-κB inducible secreted embryonic alkaline phosphatase (SEAP) reporter gene, exhibited NF-κB activation upon infection with two different strains of A. baumannii, Ab19606 and Ab17978 (Figure 1A) (Kim et al., 2013). Here, NFKB1 is linked to infection.