TWIST1 and breast cancer: To evaluate the induction of IL8 by TWIST1 under pathological conditions, we expressed TWIST1 in the SKBR3 (epidermal growth factor receptor 2 positive, ERBB2/HER2+) and MCF7 (estrogen receptor positive, ER+) cell lines, which represent two different subtypes of breast cancer, and observed respective 20-fold and 4-fold increases in IL8 transcript levels (Figure 1C).