| 5hmC | 5-hydroxymethylcytosine |
| 5-HT7R | Serotonin receptor |
| ARL13B | ADP-ribosylation factor-like protein 13B |
| BBB | Blood–brain barrier |
| BET | Bromodomain and extra-terminal tail |
| BETi | BET inhibitor |
| BRD | Bromodomain-containing protein |
| C5aR1 | Complement C5a receptor 1 |
| CAK | CDK-activating kinase |
| CAM | Cell adhesion molecule |
| CASCADES | Cancer stem cell-associated distal enhancer of SOX2 |
| CBX | Chromobox |
| CDK | Cyclin-dependent kinase |
| ceRNA | Competing endogenous RNA |
| Chi3l1 | Chitinase 3-like 1 |
| CIA | Cytosolic iron–sulfur (Fe-S) cluster assembly |
| CK | Creatine kinase |
| CKB | CK, brain-type |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| COL VI | Collagen VI |
| CpG | Cytosine-phosphate-guanine |
| CRISPR | Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| CTA | Cancer-testis antigen |
| CTCF | CCCTC-binding factor |
| CTD | C-terminal domain |
| CX43 | Connexin 43 |
| d3A | dCas9-DNMT3A catalytic domain fusion protein |
| DLL3 | Delta-like protein 3 |
| DNA-PKcs | DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit |
| DNMT | DNA methyltransferase |
| DNMTi | DNMT inhibitor |
| DPP-4 | Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 |
| DSB | Double-strand break |
| EGF | Epidermal growth factor |
| EGFR | Epidermal growth factor receptor |
| EMT | Epithelial-mesenchymal transition |
| EpiDoKOL | Epigenetic Domain-specific Knockout Library |
| Erβ | Estrogen receptor β |
| Exo | Biosystems-derived exosome |
| EZH1/2 | Enhancer of Zeste Homologue 1/2 |
| FA | Fanconi anemia |
| GBM | Glioblastoma multiforme, Glioblastoma |
| GCV | Ganciclovir |
| GLUT3 | Glucose transporter 3 |
| GPX4 | Glutathione peroxidase 4 |
| GSC | Glioma stem-like cell |
| H3K27me3 | Histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation |
| H3K4me3 | Histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation |
| HAT | Histone acetyltransferase |
| HDAC | Histone deacetylase |
| HDACi | HDAC inhibitor |
| HERV | Human endogenous retrovirus |
| HLA-I | Human leukocyte antigen class I |
| HR | Homologous recombination |
| Hras | Harvey Rat Sarcoma Viral Oncogene Homolog |
| HSV-TK | Herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase |
| ICL | Interstrand cross-link |
| IDH | Isocitrate dehydrogenase |
| IMPDH2 | lnosine-5′-monophosphate dehydrogenase 2 |
| IκB | Inhibitory κB |
| lncRNA | Long non-coding RNA |
| LSD1 | Lysine-specific histone demethylase 1 |
| m6A | N6-methyladenosine |
| MAO A | Monoamine oxidase A |
| MAZ | Myc-associated zinc finger protein |
| MCM | Mini-chromosome maintenance protein |
| MDH2 | Malate dehydrogenase 2 |
| MDHDH | Malate dehydrogenase degradation helper |
| METTL3/14 | Methyltransferase-like 3/14 |
| MGMT | O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase |
| miRNA, miR | MicroRNA |
| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| MRN | Mre11-Rad50-NBS1 |
| mRNA | Messenger RNA |
| MTAP | Methylthioadenosine phosphorylase |
| mTORC2 | Mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 2 |
| NA | Not applicable |
| NAMPT | Nicotinamide phosphoribosyl transferase |
| NAMPTi | NAMPT inhibitor |
| NAPRT | Nicotinic acid phosphoribosyl transferase |
| ncRNA | Non-coding RNA |
| NP | Nanoparticle |
| NY-ESO1 | New York esophageal squamous cell carcinoma 1 |
| OGT | O-GlcNAc transferase |
| PARP | Poly-ADP-ribose polymerase |
| PcG | Polycomb group |
| PCr | Phosphocreatine |
| PDGFR | Platelet-derived growth factor receptor |
| PDGFRA | Platelet-derived growth factor receptor A |
| PDIA5 | Protein disulfide isomerase A5 |
| PD-L1 | Programmed death-ligand 1 |
| PEI | Polyethylenimine |
| PHAX | Phosphorylated adaptor for RNA export |
| PKM2 | Pyruvate kinase M2 |
| PLD | Phospholipase D |
| PLEKHA4 | Pleckstrin homology domain containing A4 |
| PLL | Polylysine |
| Pol II | RNA polymerase II |
| PRC1/2 | Polycomb Repressive Complex 1/2 |
| PRISMA-ScR | PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews |
| PRMT5/6 | Protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5/6 |
| PTEN | Phosphatase and tensin homolog |
| PTGFRN | Prostaglandin F2 receptor inhibitor |
| RARβ | Retinoic acid receptor β |
| RBBP4 | Retinoblastoma binding protein 4 |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| Rova-T | Rovalpituzumab tesirine |
| rRNA | Ribosomal RNA |
| RSK4 | Ribosomal S6 kinase 4 |
| RTK | Receptor tyrosine kinase |
| SCD | Stearoyl-CoA desaturase |
| SE | Super-enhancer |
| sgRNA | Single guide RNA |
| SHH | Sonic Hedgehog |
| siRNA | Small interfering RNA |
| snoRNP | Small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein |
| SNX10 | Sorting nexin 10 |
| TAM | Tumor-associated macrophage |
| TE | Transposable element |
| TGF-β | Transforming growth factor β |
| TME | Tumor microenvironment |
| TMZ | Temozolomide |
| TRAIL | Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand |
| TSA | Trichostatin A |
| U3 snoRNA | U3 small nucleolar RNA |
| USP6NL | Ubiquitin-specific peptidase 6 N-terminal-like |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| YY1 | Yin Yang 1 |