bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.11.244509; this version posted August 11, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. C/EBPB-dependent Adaptation to Palmitic Acid Promotes Stemness in Hormone Receptor Negative Breast Cancer Xiao-Zheng Liu1,7, Anastasiia Rulina1,7, Man Hung Choi2,3, Line Pedersen1, Johanna Lepland1, Noelly Madeleine1, Stacey D’mello Peters1, Cara Ellen Wogsland1, Sturla Magnus Grøndal1, James B Lorens1, Hani Goodarzi4, Anders Molven2,3, Per E Lønning5,6, Stian KnappsKog5,6, Nils Halberg1,* 1Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway 2Gade Laboratory for Pathology, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway 3Department of Pathology, HauKeland University Hospital, N-5021 Bergen, Norway 4Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA 5Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway 6Department of Oncology, HauKeland University Hospital, N-5021 Bergen, Norway 7These authors contributed equally *Correspondence: Nils Halberg Department of Biomedicine University of Bergen Jonas Lies vei 91 5020 Bergen, Norway Phone: +47 5558 6442 Email:
[email protected] 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.11.244509; this version posted August 11, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. Abstract Epidemiological studies have established a positive association between obesity and the incidence of postmenopausal (PM) breast cancer.