Western blot procedure was performed according to the method as previously described (14 (link)). The primary antibodies E-cadherin (BD Biosciences, catalog no: 610181 RRID:AB_397581), N-cadherin (BD Biosciences, catalog no: 610920 RRID:AB_398236), Vimentin (BD Biosciences, catalog no: 550513 RRID:AB _393716), iNOS (BD Biosciences, catalog 610332, RRID:AB_397722), β-actin (Sigma-Aldrich, catalog no: MAB1501 clone C4; catalog no: A2066 RRID:AB_476693), Cleaved caspase-9 (Cell Signaling Technology, catalog no: 9502 RRID:AB_2068621); (Cell Signaling Technology, catalog no: 7237 RRID:AB_10895832), Fibronectin [Cell Signaling Technology, catalog no: 26836 Fibronectin/FN1 (E5H6X) Rabbit mAb], Gata4 (Cell Signaling Technology, catalog no: 36966 RRID:AB_2799108), Lamin A/C (Cell Signaling Technology, catalog no: 4777, RRID:AB_10545756), Snail2 (Cell Signaling Technology, catalog no: 9585, RRID:AB_2239535), Twist1 (Cell Signaling Technology, catalog no: 69366, RRID:AB_2891135), Zeb2 [Santa Cruz Biotechnology, catalog no: sc-271984 (E-11)], CD45 (Miltenyi Biotec, catalog no: 130–115–938, RRID:AB_2751284), EpCam (Invitrogen, catalog no: MA5–13917 RRID:AB_11001308); (Novus Biologicals, catalog no: NBP2–27107), CRB2 (ThermoFisher Scientific, catalog no: PA5–25628, RRID:AB_2543128).