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NFKBIA (NF-kappa-B inhibitor alpha) is a gene whose normal job is to hold cell growth in check. The public catalogues list it as a tumour suppressor and a biomarker, and clinical evidence ties its variants to diagnosis, prognosis or drug response. Tied to Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Multiple myeloma and Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. This dossier gathers the 0 products (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.

Biology

Inhibits the activity of dimeric NF-kappa-B/REL complexes by trapping REL (RELA/p65 and NFKB1/p50) dimers in the cytoplasm by masking their nuclear localisation signals. On cellular stimulation by immune and pro-inflammatory responses, becomes phosphorylated promoting ubiquitination and degradation, enabling the dimeric RELA to translocate to the nucleus and activate transcription. Location: Cytoplasm; Nucleus (UniProt). Locus 14q13.2 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: IntOGen driver in 2 cohorts (MLYM, NHL)
  • Multiple myeloma: IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (PCM)
  • Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: CIViC evidence names this disease; IntOGen driver in 2 cohorts (DLBCLNOS)
Class: tumor suppressor · Gene: NFKBIA · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"NFKBIA" OR ABSTRACT:"NFKBIA" OR TITLE:"NFKB inhibitor alpha" OR ABSTRACT:"NFKB inhibitor alpha" OR TITLE:"NF-kappa-B inhibitor alpha" OR ABSTRACT:"NF-kappa-B inhibitor alpha" OR TITLE:"MAD-3" OR ABSTRACT:"MAD-3" OR TITLE:"IkappaBalpha" OR ABSTRACT:"IkappaBalpha" OR TITLE:"NFKBI" OR ABSTRACT:"NFKBI") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about NFKBIA, not a curated reading list.

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The dossier as machine-readable JSON: identifiers from HGNC, Ensembl, UniProt and ChEMBL, products with status, trials, pathways, hotspots, open questions and assays. The full entity record is in the open API at /api/v1/entities/nfkbia.json. Licence CC BY-NC 4.0.