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Resistant cells also exhibited reduced proliferation, whereas the intermediately resistant population, cisplatin-resistant 4 (CPR4), showed greater wound closure, suggesting enhanced migratory behavior and features consistent with a hybrid-like EMT state. Conversely, the more resistant subline, cisplatin-resistant 8 (CPR8), exhibited a more stationary phenotype. Transcriptomic profiling by RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) revealed extensive differential gene expression associated with EMT and cisplatin resistance. Functional enrichment analyses identified Gene Ontology (GO) terms related to cell adhesion, extracellular matrix organization, and calcium ion binding, while Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis revealed enrichment of PI3K\/Akt signaling. Together, our findings support a dynamic model in which distinct EMT-related transcriptional states are associated with different levels of cisplatin resistance. 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