Here, we evaluated the expression of NF-κB, AICDA, Akt, IL-6, Jak2, and Stat3 by EGFR-TKI-resistant lung adenocarcinoma (LAC), and found that NF-κB and AICDA are major players in the acquired resistance of lung cancer to TKIs. Here, NFKB1 is linked to lung carcinoma.