Our study demonstrates that resistance of mesenchymal-like TNBC cells is associated with down regulation of BIRC5 (survivin) and upregulation of CXCL8/IL-8 and M-CSF while that of epithelial tumor cells is associated with upregulation of CTSS, MCP-1 and DKK-1. Here, CXCL8 is linked to neoplasm.