Our data show that in luminal-like MMTV-PyMT and in metaplastic Apc1572T/+ tumors that represent a model for a subtype of human triple negative basal-like breast cancers [48], CD24 can be upregulated during early tumorigenesis (Figs 1A, 1C, 1D and 2B–2D; S1 and S2 Tables). The gene discussed is CD24; the disease is breast carcinoma.