AKT	protein kinase B
ALCAM	activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule
BBB	blood–brain barrier
CD	cluster of differentiation
CNS	central nervous system
COX2	cyclooxygenase-2
EndMT	endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition
ERK	extracellular signal-regulated kinase
GBP1	guanylate-binding protein 1
GLUT1	glucose transporter 1
HER2	human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
ICAM-1	intercellular adhesion molecule-1
IGF2	insulin-like growth factor 2
IgSF	immunoglobulin superfamily
IL	interleukin
ILK	integrin-linked kinase
JAK	janus kinase
L1CAM	cell adhesion molecule L1
LFA-1	lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
Mfsd2a	major facilitator superfamily domain 2a
MIF	macrophage migration inhibitory factor
miR	micro-RNA
MMP	metalloproteinase
MRTF	myocardin-related transcription factor
NSCLC	non-small cell lung cancer
PECAM-1	platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1
PSGL-1	platelet selectin glycoprotein ligand- 1
ROCK	Rho-associated protein kinase
SDF-1	stromal cell-derived factor 1
sLex	sialyl-Lewis X
SP	substance P
ST6GALNAC5	α2, 6-sialyltransferase
TEM	trans-endothelial migration
TNFα	tumor necrosis factor α
uPAR	urokinase plasminogen activator receptor
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor
STAT3	signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
3′UTR	3′untranslated region
AKR1B10	aldo-keto reductase family 1 B10
Ang-2	angiopoietin-2
BCRP	breast cancer resistance protein
BE	brain endothelium
BEC	brain endothelial cells
BM	brain metastasis
BTB	blood–tumor barrier
CCL	CC chemokine ligand
Cx	connexins
CXCL	chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand
CXCR	chemokine receptor
DHA	docosahexaenoic acid
ECM	extracellular matrix
EMT	epithelial-mesenchymal transition
ER	estrogen
ESG	endothelial surface glycocalyx
FUT	fucosyltransferases
GEF-H1	guanine nucleotide exchange factor-H1
GFAP	glial fibrillary acidic protein
HA	hylarunan
HB-EGFHB-EGF	heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor
HPSE	heparanase
HRG	heregulin
HSPG	heparan sulfate proteoglycan
JAM	unction adhesion molecules
MTf	melanotransferrin
MUC1	mucin-1
NRP1	neuropilin-1
PAI-1	plasminogen activator inhibitor-1
PDPK1	3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 gene
PI3K	hosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PLEKHA5	pleckstrin homology domain-containing family A member 5
PR	progesterone receptors
RAGE	receptor for advanced glycation end product
S100A4	EF-hand calcium-binding protein
SCLC	small cell lung cancer
Sdcs-1	syndecan-1
Sema4D	semaphorin 4D
SMA	α-smooth muscle actin
TGF-β	transforming growth factor
VCAM-1	vascular cell adhesion protein 1
VE-cadherin	vascular endothelial cadherin
VLA-4	very late antigen-4
YAP	yes-associated protein
ZO	zonula occluden