| AgNPs | Silver nanoparticles |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| BBB | Blood–brain barrier |
| BTIC | Brain tumor initiating cell |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| CCR7 | C-C chemokine receptor type 7 |
| CPT | Camptothecin |
| DAS | Dorsal air sac |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| EGFRvIII | Epidermal growth factor tyrosine kinase receptor variant III |
| EPC | Endothelial progenitor cell |
| EpCAM | Epithelial cell adhesion molecule |
| EpoR | Erythropoietin receptor |
| ESCC | Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma |
| FGFR2 | Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 |
| FLAP | 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein |
| FRα | Folate receptor α |
| GPCR | G-protein coupled receptor |
| GPC-3 | Glypican-3 |
| GST | Glutathione S-transferase |
| HA | Hemagglutinin |
| HAE | Hereditary angioedema |
| hCMEC | Human cerebral microvascular endothelial cell |
| HCC | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
| HESC | Human immortalized epithelial-like eutopic endometrial stromal cell |
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| HTS | High-throughput sequencing |
| HuCCT-1 | Human cholangiocarcinoma cell line T1 |
| IGF2BP2 | Insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding protein 2 |
| ITP | Immune thrombocytopenic purpura |
| LCC | Large carcinoma cell |
| LGR5 | Leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein coupled receptor 5 |
| LMP1 | Latent membrane protein 1 |
| MBP | Maltose-binding protein |
| MD simulation | Molecular dynamics simulation |
| ML | Machine learning |
| MMP | Matrix metalloproteinase |
| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| NPC | Nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
| NSCLC | Non-small cell lung cancer |
| OPA | Ortho-phthalaldehyde |
| PAI1 | Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 |
| PBI | Phage binding index |
| PD-L1 | Programmed death-ligand 1 |
| PDX | Patient-derived xenograft |
| pIII, pVI, pVII, pVIII, pIX | Coat proteins (3, 6, 7, 8, 9) of the filamentous M13 phage |
| PNH | Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria |
| PPI | Protein–protein interaction |
| PSMA | Prostate-specific membrane antigen |
| SAR | Structure–activity relationship |
| SPIONs | Super-paramagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles |
| ssDNA | Single-stranded DNA |
| TBMB | 1,3,5-tris(bromomethyl)benzene |
| TIMP-1 | Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (metalloproteinase inhibitor 1) |
| TMDs | Transmembrane domains |
| TpoR | Thrombopoietin receptor |
| TUPs | Target-unrelated peptides |