α-SMA	Smooth muscle actin
ACC	Acetyl-CoA carboxylase
Asn	Asparagine
ASNS	Asparagine synthetase
BC	Breast cancer
BFAL1	Bacteroides fragilis lncRNA1
BRAFi	B-Raf Protein Kinase Inhibitors
CAAs	Cancer-associated adipocytes
CAFs	Cancer-associated fibroblasts
ccRCC	Clear cell renal carcinoma
COLI	Collagen-I
COLIV	Collagen-IV
CSCs	Cancer stem cells
CtBP	C-terminal Binding Protein
D6PD	6-Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase
DATS	Diallyl trisulfide
DDR	Discoidin domain receptor
DDR2	Discoidin domain receptor 2
dNTPs	Deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
EGFRs	Surface receptors for EGF
EMP	E/M plasticity
EMT	Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
ENAH	Enabled Homolog
ERK1/2	Extracellular signal–regulated kinase1 and 2
ERRα	Estrogen-related receptor α
ESRP	Epithelial splicing regulatory protein
Evs	Extracellular vesicles
EZH2	Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2
FAK	Focal adhesion kinase
FASN	Fatty acid synthase
FBP1	Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase 1
FGF	Fibroblast growth factor
FGFR2IIIc	Epithelial-Type IIIb isoform to the mesenchymal-like IIIc isoform
FGFRs	FGF receptors
Gln	Glutamine
GRHL2	Grainyhead-like 2
GLS1	Glutaminase 1
GSH	Glutathione
H3K27ac	Histone H3 acetylated at lysine 27
H3K4Me3	H3 lysine 4 trimethylation
H3K36Me3	H3 lysine 36 trimethylation
HCC	Hepatocellular carcinoma
HDACs	Histone Deacetylases
HIFs	Hypoxia-inducible factors
HGF	Hepatocyte growth factor
HNSCC	Head-and-neck squamous cell carcinoma
HREs	Hypoxia response elements
iCAF	Inflammatory cancer-associated fibroblasts
Ig	Immunoglobulin
IGF-1R	Insulin-like growth factor-1R
IKK	IκB kinase
iNOS	Induced nitric oxide synthase
JMJD3	Lysine (K)-specific demethylase 6B
JNK	Jun N-terminal kinase
lncRNAs	Long non-coding RNAs
LOCKs	Large Organized Chromatin K9-modified Domains
LOX	Lysyl oxidase
LUAD	Lung adenocarcinoma
LZTR1	Leucine zipper-like transcriptional regulator 1
MALAT1	Metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1
MAPKi	MAP Kinase Inhibitors
Mbd3/NuRD	Methyl CpG-binding domain/3 Mi-2/nucleosome remodeling and deacetylase complex
MCP-1	Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
MDSCs	Myeloid-derived suppressor cells
MET	Mesenchymal-epithelial transition
myCAFs	Myofibroblastic cancer-associated fibroblasts
NF-κB	Nuclear factor κ-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NICD	NOTCH intracellular domain
OPG	Osteoprotegerin
OS	Overall survival
PAAD	Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
PC	Prostate cancer
PFS	Progression-free survival
PKA	Protein kinase A
POSTN	Periostin
pO2	Oxygen partial pressure
PPP	Pentose phosphate pathway
PRC2	Polycomb Repressive Complex 2
PTX3	Long pentraxin-3
pVHL	Von Hippel-Lindau protein
PyM	Pyrimidine metabolism
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SCD	Stearoyl-CoA desatuRase
SGOC	Serine/glycine one-carbon
SNHG15	Small nucleolar RNA host gene 15
SPARC	Secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine
SRSF1	Serine/arginine-rich Splicing Factor 1 protein
SSP	Serine synthesis pathway
SUZ12	Suppressor of Zeste 12
TACE	TNF-α converting enzyme
TAK1	Transforming growth factor-activating kinase 1
TCF2	Transcription factor 2
TGFβ	Transforming growth factor β
TME	Tumor microenvironment
TMEM	Microenvironment metastasis
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor α
UPR	Unfolded Protein Response