In NSCLC, heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNP K) interacts with MAP1B-LC1 in the cytoplasm, and the aberrant cytoplasmic accumulation of hnRNP K and its interaction promotes TGFβ-induced EMT (Li et al., 2019). Here, TGFB1 is linked to non-small cell lung carcinoma.