Fig. 1

VDAC1 mRNA expression levels in cancers. A The comparison of VDAC1 expression in different types of cancers and normal tissues from the TIMER database. B VDAC1 expression was significantly increased in BC tissues compared to normal tissues from the TCGA dataset. C VDAC1 expression was significantly increased in BC tissues compared to matched normal tissues from the TCGA dataset. D–F VDAC1 expression was significantly increased in BC tissues compared to normal tissues from the GEO datasets. G The expression of VDAC1 was lower in normal breast tissue than H breast cancer tissue in the Human Protein Atlas (Antibody CAB005885, 10X). NS indicates no statistical difference, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001