diff --git a/R/getSubnetworkFromIndra.R b/R/getSubnetworkFromIndra.R
index e875977..af40f3f 100644
--- a/R/getSubnetworkFromIndra.R
+++ b/R/getSubnetworkFromIndra.R
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 #' 0.3
 #' @param sources_filter filtering only on specific sources.  Default is no filter, i.e. NULL.
 #' Otherwise, should be a list, e.g. c('reach', 'medscan').
+#' @param logfc_cutoff absolute log fold change cutoff for filtering proteins. 
+#' Only proteins with |logFC| greater than this value will be retained. Default 
+#' is NULL, i.e. no logFC filtering.
+#' @param force_include_proteins character vector of protein identifiers to exempt 
+#' from all filtering steps. These proteins will be retained regardless of p-value, 
+#' logFC, or other filtering criteria. Default is NULL, i.e. no exemptions.
 #'
 #' @return list of 2 data.frames, nodes and edges
 #'
@@ -45,8 +51,10 @@ getSubnetworkFromIndra <- function(input,
                                    paper_count_cutoff = 1,
                                    evidence_count_cutoff = 1,
                                    correlation_cutoff = 0.3,
-                                   sources_filter = NULL) {
-    input <- .filterGetSubnetworkFromIndraInput(input, pvalueCutoff)
+                                   sources_filter = NULL,
+                                   logfc_cutoff = NULL,
+                                   force_include_proteins = NULL) {
+    input <- .filterGetSubnetworkFromIndraInput(input, pvalueCutoff, logfc_cutoff, force_include_proteins)
     .validateGetSubnetworkFromIndraInput(input, protein_level_data, sources_filter)
     res <- .callIndraCogexApi(input$HgncId)
     res <- .filterIndraResponse(res, statement_types, evidence_count_cutoff, sources_filter)
diff --git a/R/utils_getSubnetworkFromIndra.R b/R/utils_getSubnetworkFromIndra.R
index 318c7b6..cc13156 100644
--- a/R/utils_getSubnetworkFromIndra.R
+++ b/R/utils_getSubnetworkFromIndra.R
@@ -86,19 +86,48 @@
 #' Filter groupComparison result input based on user-defined cutoffs
 #' @param input groupComparison result
 #' @param pvalueCutoff p-value cutoff
+#' @param logfc_cutoff logFC cutoff
+#' @param force_include_proteins list of proteins to exempt from filtering
 #' @return filtered groupComparison result
 #' @keywords internal
 #' @noRd
-.filterGetSubnetworkFromIndraInput <- function(input, pvalueCutoff) {
+.filterGetSubnetworkFromIndraInput <- function(input, pvalueCutoff, logfc_cutoff, force_include_proteins) {
+    # Extract exempt proteins before any filtering
+    exempt_proteins <- NULL
+    if (!is.null(force_include_proteins)) {
+        if (!is.character(force_include_proteins)) {
+            stop("force_include_proteins must be a character vector")
+        }
+        missing_prots <- setdiff(force_include_proteins, input$Protein)
+        if (length(missing_prots) > 0) {
+            warning("force_include_proteins not found: ", paste(missing_prots, collapse = ", "))
+        }
+        exempt_proteins <- input[input$Protein %in% force_include_proteins,]
+    }
+    
+    # Apply standard filtering
     input <- input[!is.na(input$adj.pvalue),]
     if (!is.null(pvalueCutoff)) {
         input <- input[input$adj.pvalue < pvalueCutoff, ]
     }
+    if (!is.null(logfc_cutoff)) {
+        if (!is.numeric(logfc_cutoff) || length(logfc_cutoff) != 1 || logfc_cutoff <= 0) {
+            stop("logfc_cutoff must be a single positive numeric value")
+        }
+        input <- input[!is.na(input$log2FC) & abs(input$log2FC) > logfc_cutoff, ]
+    }
     input <- input[is.na(input$issue), ]
+    
+    # Combine filtered data with exempt proteins and remove duplicates
+    if (!is.null(exempt_proteins) && nrow(exempt_proteins) > 0) {
+        combined_input <- rbind(exempt_proteins, input)
+        # Remove duplicates based on Protein column, keeping first occurrence
+        input <- combined_input[!duplicated(combined_input$Protein), ]
+    }
+    
     input$Protein <- as.character(input$Protein)
     return(input)
 }
-
 #' Add additional metadata to an edge
 #' @param edge object representation of an INDRA statement
 #' @param input filtered groupComparison result
diff --git a/man/getSubnetworkFromIndra.Rd b/man/getSubnetworkFromIndra.Rd
index e1c9d6d..bc84f34 100644
--- a/man/getSubnetworkFromIndra.Rd
+++ b/man/getSubnetworkFromIndra.Rd
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ getSubnetworkFromIndra(
   paper_count_cutoff = 1,
   evidence_count_cutoff = 1,
   correlation_cutoff = 0.3,
-  sources_filter = NULL
+  sources_filter = NULL,
+  logfc_cutoff = NULL,
+  force_include_proteins = NULL
 )
 }
 \arguments{
@@ -44,6 +46,14 @@ cutoff for edges with correlation less than a specified cutoff.  Default is
 
 \item{sources_filter}{filtering only on specific sources.  Default is no filter, i.e. NULL.
 Otherwise, should be a list, e.g. c('reach', 'medscan').}
+
+\item{logfc_cutoff}{absolute log fold change cutoff for filtering proteins. 
+Only proteins with |logFC| greater than this value will be retained. Default 
+is NULL, i.e. no logFC filtering.}
+
+\item{force_include_proteins}{character vector of protein identifiers to exempt 
+from all filtering steps. These proteins will be retained regardless of p-value, 
+logFC, or other filtering criteria. Default is NULL, i.e. no exemptions.}
 }
 \value{
 list of 2 data.frames, nodes and edges