The mechano-immunological barrier in fibrosis-associated lung cancer: targeting matrix stiffness and the Piezo1 axis for microenvironment normalization
While mechanotransduction influences various lung cancer subtypes, this review focuses specifically on fibrosis-associated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), where the progression from pulmonary fibrosis to malignancy is mediated by aberrant mechanotransduction. Progressive extracellular matrix (ECM) stiffening (8–25...