Akt	Protein-kinase B
Bax	BCL2 associated X, apoptosis regulator
Bcl-2	B-cell lymphoma 2
bFGF	Basic-fibroblast growth factor
CAM	Chorioallantoic membrane
Caspases	Cysteine-aspartate proteases
CC	Colon cancer
C-Myc	bHLH transcription factor
CXCR4	C-X-C motif chemokine receptor-4
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic Acid
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
ECM	Extracellular matrix
EMT	Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
ERK1/2	Extracellular-regulated kinase1/2
FAKs	Focal adhesion kinases
FZD6	Frizzled family receptor 6
GC	Gastric cancer
GSK-3β	Glycogen synthase kinase 3-beta
HIF1/2	Hypoxia-inducible factor 1/2
hTERT	human telomerase reverse transcriptase
HUVECs	Human umbilical vein endothelial cells
IL-6	Interleukin 6
JNK	Jun N-terminal kinase
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MEK	MAP kinase-ERK kinase
miRs	MicroRNA
MMPs	Metalloproteases
mRNA	Messenger ribonucleic acid.
mTOR	Mammalian target of rapamycin
NF-κB	Nuclear factor-κappaB
Notch	Signal transducer and activator of transcription
NSCLC	Non-small cell lung carcinoma
PARP	Poly-ADP ribose polymerase
PI3K	Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase
Raf	Rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma
Ras	Small guanosine triphosphatases
Snail	Snail homolog 1/2 of drosophila
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
RPS19	Ribosomial protein S19
Src	Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase
STAT3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription-3
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor-beta
TIMPs	Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteases
TNBC	Triple-negative breast cancer
TNF	Tumor necrosis factor
TWIST	Twist family bHLH transcription factor
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
VEGFR2	Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2
ZEB	Zinc finger E-box binding homeobox
ZO-1	Zonula Occludens-1