TNFAIP3, an inflammation-related gene, could inhibit migration and invasion in NPC by suppressing epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) (Huang et al., 2017), and EBV infection could decrease the expression of TNFAIP3 in NPC tumors (Xu et al., 2019). The gene discussed is TNFAIP3; the disease is Epstein-Barr virus infection.