IKBIP and neoplasm: And Immunohistochemical profile showed that protein expression of IKBIP was higher in papillary renal cell carcinoma than adjacent normal tissue.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Overall, our findings reveled that IKBIP may act as a novel and potential tumor factor to accelerate papillary renal cell carcinoma progression, meanwhile, IKBIP could serve as a promising target for treating papillary renal cell carcinoma.