Where applicable, multiple hypothesis testing was controlled using the Benjamini-Hochberg false discovery rate (FDR) method.<h4>Results</h4>Among TNFAIPs, TNFAIP6 and EFNA1 were significantly upregulated in BC, while TNFAIP1, TNFAIP2, TNFAIP3, PTX3, TNFAIP8, and STEAP4 were downregulated. Here, TNFAIP2 is linked to breast cancer.