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Table 1 Transcriptomics analysis of ECs Mes by Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) revealed differential expression of over one thousand genes compared to ECs Norm

From: Breast cancer cells promote a notch-dependent mesenchymal phenotype in endothelial cells participating to a pro-tumoral niche

Gene name

Abbreviation

Fold change

Functional specification (IPA or GeneCards)

Cell crowth & proliferation

Epiregulin

EREG

+40.266

Cell proliferation and/or angiogenesis

Amphiregulin

AREG/AREGB

+19.911

Growth factor & mitogen

Baculoviral IAP

BIRC3

+6.765

Regulator of cell proliferation

Repeat containing 3

   

Budding Un- inhibited

   

By Benzimidazoles 1

BUB1

+6.160

Cell cycle regulator

NIMA-related kinase 2

NEK2

+5.968

Cell cycle regulator

Topoisomerase Iiα

TOP Iiα

+6.837

Regulator of mitosis

S100 calcium binding

PS100P

+6.466

Cell proliferation stimulator

Protein

   

Vascular growth

VEGFC

+2.266

Endothelial cell proliferation

Factor C

   

Human homolog of

MDM2

+2.515

Downstream effector of Akt signaling & enhancer of

Mouse double minute 2

  

endothelial cell survival

Baculoviral IAP Repeat

BIRC5

+3.308

Dual role in promoting proliferation & inhibiting apoptosis

Containing 5

   

Insulin-like growth

IGFBP1

+13.116

Prolongs the half life of IGFs in cell growth promotion

Factor Binding Protein 1

   

Cell motility

S100 calcium binding

S100A4

+2.538

Cell motility & invasion

Protein A4

   

Insulin-like growth

IGFBP1

+13.116

Cell migration

Factor Binding Protein 1

   

Transforming growth

TGFBI

+2.934

Induced by TGFβ; has a role in inhibition of cell

Factor beta-induced

  

adhesion

Tetraspanin 8

TSPAN8

+2.461

Regulation of cell motility

Interleukin 6

IL6

+2.214

Induction of endothelial cell motility

Krupple-like Factor 5

KLF5

+3.685

Involvement in cell movement

Heparanase

HPSE

+2.501

Increase endothelial cell migration

Lectin galacroside-Binding

LGALS3

+2.397

Increase Endothelial cell migration

Soluble 3

   

Vascular development & angiogenesis

Jagged1

JAG1

+2.311

Cardiovascular development & angiogenesis

Interleukin 6

IL6

+2.214

Angiocrine factor

Vascular growth factor C

VEGFC

+2.266

Angiogenesis

Chemokine (C-X-C Motif)

CXCR4

+5.234

Regulator of vascular branching &

Receptor 4

  

endothelial processes remodeling

Heparanase

HPSE

+2.501

Increase endothelial cell migration

RUN-related Transcription

RUNX2

+6.952

Increase angiogenesis in endothelial cells

Factor 2

   

Hairy/Enhancer of

HEY1

+2.644

possible role in vascular development

Split-related 1

   
  1. IPA functional clustering of the modified genes showed pathways activation compatible with a mesenchymal phenotype, including cell proliferation, cell motility and angiogenesis. Some genes in each functional category are shown in this table. For a complete list of genes, refer to Additional file 2: S4.