adjacent	adipose tissue adjacent to the tumor (<2 cm away from the tumor)
AT	adipose tissue
BC	breast cancer
CM	conditioned media
control-CM	control conditioned media
ECM	extracellular matrix
EMT	epithelial–mesenchymal transition
ER	estrogen receptor
distant	adipose tissue distant from the tumor (>2 cm away from the tumor)
FABP4	fatty acid binding protein 4
FBS	fetal bovine serum
HPRT	Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase
HR+	estrogen and progesterone receptor positive
normal-CM	conditioned media obtained from breast AT explants from women without cancer
PBS	phosphate-buffered saline
PR	progesterone receptor
qPCR	quantitative real-time PCR
TBS	tris-buffered saline
TNBC	triple-negative breast cancer
WAT	white adipose tissue
WB	western blot