AKT	Protein Kinase B
BC	Breast cancer
CM	Conditioned media
COX-2	Cyclooxygenase-2
CREB	cAMP response element-binding protein
Ctl	Control
DMSO	Dimethyl sulfoxide
E-Cad	E-cadherin
EMT	Epithelial–mesenchymal transition
IF	Immunofluorescence
IL6	Interleukin 6
iNOS	Inducible nitric oxide synthase
MØ	Macrophage
MMPs	Matrix metalloproteases
MTT	Tetrazolium 3,(4,5 dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphennyltetrazolium bromide
NFκB	Nuclear Factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
PBS	Phosphate-buffered saline
PMA	Phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate
SMAD	Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 2
Snail1	Snail Family Transcriptional Repressor 1
STAT3	Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3
TAMs	Tumor-associated macrophages
TGFβ1	Transforming growth factor beta 1
TNBC	Triple negative breast cancer
TNFα	Tumor necrosis factor alpha
Twist1	Twist-related protein 1
WB	Western blot
ZEB1	Zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 1