In vitro pro-inflammatory and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) cues, triggered by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), concanavalin A (ConA), tumor necrosis factor (TNF) α, and transforming growth factor (TGF) β, were used to screen α-TGG in two highly aggressive human cancer cell models, namely the U87 glioblastoma and the MDA-MB-231 triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)-derived cells. Here, TNF is linked to cancer.