“…Of note, previous studies showed that the ER+ subtype has the best prognosis, but the worse prognosis for HER2+ and TNBC subtypes. 2,3 Interestingly, we found that Scissor+ tumor cells were mainly concentrated in breast cancer patients with HER2+ and TNBC subtypes rather than the ER+ subtype (Figure 2C), revealing that the epithelial cell heterogeneity has a significant impact on patient survival. Besides, we further divided epithelial cells into three common subpopulations: basal cells (KRT14+, KRT5+), luminal 1 cells (SPLI+, PROM1+), and luminal 2 cells (ANKRD30A+, SYTL2+) (Figure S3), 23 and found that Scissor+ tumor cells could be distributed in all three subpopulations, particularly the highest proportion of luminal 1 cells and the lowest proportion of basal cells (Figure 2C).…”