ADAMTS9 and breast cancer: A review of the literature in the PubMed database revealed no existing studies on the role of ADAMTS9-AS2 and miR-106a-5p/miR-17-5p in regulating TCF7L2 within the Hippo and Wnt signaling pathways or in relation to cell adhesion in BC, further emphasizing the novelty and relevance of our findings.