Overexpression of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) in various cancers is correlated with poor patient survival. Trastuzumab, a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody against HER2, has been considered to be a first-line therapy for HER2-positive breast cancer patients, but its usefulness is limited by the development of resistance. In this study, we established resistant cells by long-term treatment with trastuzumab. These cells showed higher proliferation, invasion, and migration abilities than the wild-type cells. Mammaglobin 1 (MGB1), cyclin D1, E1, A2, and phosphorylated NF-jB (p-p65) were upregulated in resistant cells. These proteins regulate cell proliferation, migration, and invasion of resistant cells. Depletion of MGB1 decreased cyclin and p-p65 expression. Cyclin D1 and A2, but not E1 expression, were affected by p-p65 downregulation. In summary, our results indicate that MGB1 expression is increased in breast cancer cells that have gained resistance to trastuzumab, and suggest that MGB1 promotes aggressiveness through cyclin and NF-jB regulation.Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), which belongs to the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) superfamily, is a protein involved in one of the most studied signal transduction pathways in cancer [1]. The amplification or overexpression of HER2 is detected in 15-20% of breast [1], 17.9% of gastric and gastroesophageal cancer [2], in 20-30% of some ovarian cancer [3], and is correlated with poor patient survival. The estrogen receptor (ER) and HER2 (c-erbB2, HER2/neu) signaling pathways are the dominant drivers of cell proliferation and survival in the majority (85%) of breast cancer cases [4]. Under normal physiological conditions, HER2 activation is spatially and temporally controlled when the ligand binds to one of the other EGFR family members, leading to heterodimer formation with HER2, which then activates its kinase activity. However, in the abnormal condition, when HER2 is overexpressed, this molecule associates with itself and other EGFR family