The genes selected included epithelial (KRT5, CDH1, EpCAM), mensenchymal (VIM, SNAI1, TWIST), stem (ALDH1A1, PROM1), breast specific (ESR1, PALB2) and other genes related to cell cycle or other cancer pathways (CCND1, CTNNB1, Ki67, etc.). Here, KRT5 is linked to cancer.