| ADM | Acinar-to-ductal metaplasia |
| ALDH1A1 | Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family member A1 |
| BRCA1 | Breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene 1, early onset |
| CD24 | Cluster of differentiation 24, cell adhesion molecule |
| CD29 | Integrin beta 1 (ITGB1) |
| CD44 | Homing cell adhesion molecule, HCAM |
| CD49f | Integrin alpha 6 (ITGA6) |
| CD61 | Integrin beta 3 (ITGB3) |
| CDH2 | Neural cadherin (N-cadherin) |
| CK14 | Cytokeratin 14 (KRT14) |
| CK18 | Cytokeratin 18 (KRT18) |
| CK6 | Cytokeratin 6 (KRT6A) |
| CK8 | Cytokeratin 8 (KRT8) |
| CLBC | Claudin-low breast cancer |
| Cre | Cre recombinase from the P1 bacteriophage |
| CTNNB1 | Catenin beta 1, beta-catenin |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| EF1 | Eef1a1 gene promoter |
| EMT | Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition |
| EpCAM | Epithelial cellular adhesion molecule, CD326 |
| ER | Estrogen receptor |
| FLP, FRT | Flp recombinase from yeast |
| FRT | FLP recombination target site |
| GFP | Green fluorescent protein |
| H2B | Histone H2B |
| HER2 | Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| KRAS | Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog |
| LacZ | Lactose operon, beta-galactosidase |
| LGR5 | Leucine-rich-repeat-containing G-protein-coupled receptor 5 |
| loxP | Locus of crossing over, recognition site of Cre recombinase |
| MMTV | Mouse mammary tumor virus |
| NOTCH | Family of conserved receptors discovered in Drosophila melanogaster |
| PIK3ca | Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit |
| PI-MECs | Parity-induced mammary epithelial cells |
| PR | Progesterone receptor |
| PyMT | Polyoma virus middle T antigen |
| Rosa26 | Ubiquitously active locus on chromosome 6 in mice |
| SCA1 | Lymphocyte antigen 6 family member A (Ly6a) |
| TAg | Simian virus 40 large T antigen |
| TEB | Terminal end buds |
| TetO | Tetracycline-controlled operator/promoter |
| TNBC | Triple-negative breast cancer |
| tTA | Tetracycline-controlled transactivator |
| TP63 | Transformation-related protein 63, p63 |
| VIM | Vimentin, type III intermediate filament protein |
| WAP | Whey acidic protein, milk protein |
| WNT | Wingless, integration site 1 (int1), signal transduction pathway |