HMGA1 and pancreatic neoplasm: Interestingly, high expression levels of Hmga1 have been associated with premature EMT and prolonged stemness in several cancers of the pancreas (Abe et al., 2000), breast (Flohr et al., 2003), lung (Sarhadi et al., 2006), and ovaries (Masciullo et al., 2003).