The transcription factor NF-κB, associated with the release of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines during the inflammatory response, was shown to be active in an in vitro model of the BCSFB, the human CP papilloma (HIBCPP) cells, after infection with N. meningitidis (Borkowski et al., 2014; Herold et al., 2021a). Here, NFKB1 is linked to infection.