NUPR1 and breast carcinoma: Nupr1, also known as p8 or candidate of metastasis-1 (Com-1) (Bratland et al, 2000; Mallo et al, 1997; Vasseur et al, 1999), is a basic helix-loop-helix transcription co-factor strongly induced by stress (for review, Cano & Iovanna, 2010) and upon stimulation by TGFβ (Garcia-Montero et al, 2001), which was associated to metastasis potential of breast cancer cells (Ree et al, 1999).