VIM and breast cancer: Moreover, to investigate the relationship between αv integrin and mesenchymal marker expression in breast cancer patients, we analyzed the expression of αv integrin, Slug and Vimentin in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database [GEO:GSE9309] and observed that αv integrin expression positively has been found to correlate with Slug and Vimentin expression in 142 breast cancer patients (Figure 3D).