BCL10 and infection: MALT1, together with the caspase recruitment domain-containing (CARD) family and B-cell lymphoma 10 (BCL10), forms the CARD-BCL10-MALT1 (CBM) complex that mediates the activation of the NF-κB transcription factor in various pathological conditions, including malignancies, allergic response, and infection (McAuley et al., 2019; Alfano et al., 2020; Chang et al., 2022).