| iPolyP | Inorganic polyphosphate |
| CRC | Colorectal cancer |
| TRPM8 | Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 8 |
| EMT | Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition |
| IL-1β | Interleukin-1β |
| TME | Tumor microenvironment |
| CpG | cytosine-phosphate-guanine |
| TGF-β1 | Transforming Growth Factor beta 1/Suppressor of Mothers against Decapentaplegic |
| SMAD | Suppressor of Mothers against Decapentaplegic |
| Wnt | Wingless/Integrated |
| Notch1 | Neurogenic locus notch homolog protein 1 |
| NLRP3 | Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain, Leucine-rich Repeat and Pyrin domain-containing protein 3 |
| ASC | Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a Caspase activation and recruitment domain |
| GSDMD | Gasdermin D |
| MTOC | Microtubule-organizing center |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| α-SMA | Alpha Smooth Muscle Actin |
| N-cadherin | Neural cadherin |
| Vim | Vimentin |
| phCFL | phospho-Cofilin |
| MMP2 | Matrix Metalloprotease-2 |
| COL1A1 | Type 1 Collagen |
| CTGF | Connective Tissue Growth Factor |
| E-cadherin | Epithelial cadherin |
| F-actin | Filamentous Actin |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase |
| mNG | mNeonGreen |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| FACS | Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting |
| SNAIL | Snail family transcriptional repressor 1 |
| Twist1 | Twist Family BHLH Transcription Factor 1 |
| Zeb1/2 | Zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox 1/2 |
| EGF | Epidermal Growth Factor |
| ppk1 | Polyphosphate kinase |
| PI3K | Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase |
| AKT | Protein kinase B |
| PAMP | Pathogens-associated molecular pattern |
| DAMP | Damage-associated molecular pattern |
| ATCC | American Tissue Culture Collection |
| CDK4 | Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4 |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s medium |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| HEPES | 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid |
| RPMI | Roswell Park Institute medium |
| AMTB | N-(3-Aminopropyl)-2-[(3-methylphenyl)methoxy]-N-(2-thienylmethyl)benzamide |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| IL-1RA | IL-1β receptor antagonist |
| PMA | Phorbol myristate acetate |
| DPBS | Dulbecco’s phosphate-buffered saline |
| TBS | Tris Buffered saline |
| ECL | Enhanced Chemiluminescence |
| HBSS | Hanks’ Balanced Salt Solution |
| ICT-SF | IntestiCult-SF |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| PFA | Paraformaldehyde solution |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| NIS | Nikon Imaging Software |
| PI | Propidium iodide |
| pLV | Plasmid Lentiviral Vector |
| M | Mean |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| UT | Untreated |
| Caco-2 | Caucasian Colon Adenocarcinoma Cell Line 2 |
| HCEC-1CT | Human Colonic Epithelial Cells-1, Conditionally Transformed |
| HEK-293T | Human Embryonic Kidney 293 cells, T-antigen expressing |