When the expression of the antisense and sense MMP24 transcript was interrogated, opposite expression levels were observed in five breast cancer cell lines (namely MDA-MB-231 and HMT3552 of basal-subtype; and BT474, MDA-MB-453, SKBR5 and SKBR7 of luminal-subtype) as well as in five solid breast tumours. This evidence concerns the gene MMP24 and breast carcinoma.