PINX1 and breast carcinoma: Therefore, in this study, we generated MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, and SK-BR-3 breast cancer cells stably overexpressing PinX1 and MCF-10A nontumorigenic breast cell knocking down PinX1 and assessed the role of PinX1 in growth control of the cells by MTT assay, focus formation, and flow cytometry.