VIM and non-small cell lung carcinoma: The EMT properties of the NSCLC cell lines were tested using 3 mesenchymal markers (ZEB1, VIM, and FN1) and 11 epithelial markers (CDH1, EPCAM, ESRP1, ESRP2, DDR1, CTNNB1, CD24, CLDN7, KRT8, KRT19, and RAB25) using Western blots (Figure 3B).