Total and nuclear lysates prepared from subconfluent cells were subjected to immunoblot analysis using anti-MUC1-C (#HM-1630-P1ABX; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA), anti-MYC (#ab32072; Abcam), anti-ERα (#ab108398; Abcam) anti-β-actin (#A5441; Sigma), anti-MTA1 (#5647), anti-MBD3 (#14540), anti-CHD4 (#11912), anti-HDAC1 (#5356), anti-SOX2 (#D6D9), anti-KLF4 (#D1F2), anti-BMI1 (#D20B7), anti-CD44 (#156-3C11), anti-OCT4 (#2750S; Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA, USA). Nuclear proteins were immunoprecipitated in the absence and presence of 50 μg/ml ethidium bromide (EtBr; #15585-011, Thermo Fisher Scientific) as described (25 (link)).