Similarly, we observed an increase in the expression of Itgb1 (coding for CD29) and Itga6 (coding for CD49f) (Supplementary Fig. 6b and Supplementary Data 3), together with the upregulation of genes associated with EMT (Supplementary Fig. 6c and Supplementary Data 3), a key biological process also known to modulate the stemness of breast cancer cells21,22. Here, ITGA6 is linked to breast cancer.