Small-hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) targeting the coding sequence of AnxA6 (A6sh) in pGIPZ lentiviral vector, a non-silencing shRNA control (26 (link)) (GE Dharmacon), were used to prepare lentiviral stocks in 293 T cells, and the viral particles were used to infect LAP-R (P3) breast cancer cells as described previously (25 (link)). The resulting subclones of LAP-R cells were denoted LAP-R-NSC, LAP-R-A6sh5 and LAP-R-A6sh2. Downregulation of AnxA6 was verified by immunoblotting.