NFKB1 and breast cancer: Numerous studies have flagged NF-kB as a focal point for mechanotransductive pathways in various contents (Cowell et al. 2009; Shrum et al. 2009; Tong and Tergaonkar 2014; Ishihara et al. 2019), but gaps in our knowledge remain as to how these pathways may interact and affect breast cancer development.