Thirteen HER2-positive breast cancer cell lines were used in this study (Table 1). AU565, BT474, HCC1419, HCC1569, HCC1954, HCC202, MDA-MB-453, and SKBR3 were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC; Manassas, VA, USA), and EFM-192A and JIMT1 from the German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ; Braunschweig, Germany). ATCC and DSMZ authenticate human cell lines by DNA typing using short tandem repeats. SUM190PT and SUM225 were provided by S Ethier from Karmanos Cancer Institute in Michigan, USA, and KPL4 by J Kurebayashi from Kawasaki Medical School in Japan. The growth media are described in Table S1. Cells were cultured for a maximum of 30 passages prior to use. ER statuses for the cell lines were obtained from the literature,15 (link)–19 (link) and only BT474 and EFM192A were ER-positive.