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Received: 27 September 2018

Accepted: 1 January 2019

First Online: 4 February 2019

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: Mouse experiments were performed in compliance with the French regulations and ethical guidelines for experimental animal studies in an accredited establishment (Agreement No. D3417227). The study approval for PDXs was previously published []. For TMA, TNBC samples were provided by the biological resource center (Biobank number BB-0033-00059) after approval by the Montpellier Cancer Institute Institutional Review Board, following the Ethics and Legal national French dispositions for the patients’ information and consent. For TNBC cytosols, patient samples were processed according to the French Public Health Code (law n°2004–800, articles L. 1243–4 and R. 1243–61), and the biological resources center has been authorized (authorization number: AC-2008-700; Val d’Aurelle, ICM, Montpellier) to deliver human samples for scientific research. All patients were informed before surgery that their surgical specimens might be used for research purposes.

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: Y Ashraf, T Chardès, P Martineau and E Liaudet-Coopman have ownership interest (including patent) in WO2016/188911. The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest.

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