Then we detected 13 DEGs (AKR1C1, IRF9, OAS1, OAS3, SLCO2A1, NT5E, NQO1, ANGPT1, FN1, ATF6B, HPGD, BCL11A, and TP53INP1) as the KGs that drive the progression of BC. Here, SLCO2A1 is linked to breast cancer.