PFKP is required for chemoresistant phenotype of breast cancer through modulating the formation of CD133+ cancer stem like cells

Breast cancer is the foremost cause of cancer-related death in women globally, and taxane-anthracycline (TA) combination regimens represent standard frontline chemotherapy. Although widely administered, the pathological complete response rate to TA therapy is less than 30%, and chemoresistance remains a major barrier to effective disease control, frequently leading to relapse and poor survival. Both metabolic reprogramming and tumor microenvironmental remodeling are closely associated with treat