FN1 and fibrosis: Fibrosis, a tissue repair response characterized by excessive depositions of extracellular matrix (ECM) components like collagen, fibronectin (FN), fibrillin and hyaluronic acid, is a common pathological feature leading to morbidity and mortality in many chronic diseases (Gauthier and Liu, 2017; Henderson et al., 2020; O'Regan et al., 2021).