BP	Biological Process
CAF	Cancer-Associated Fibroblast
CC	Cellular Component
CI	Confidence Interval
DEG	Differentially Expressed Gene
EAC	Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
EC	Esophageal Cancer
ECM	Extracellular Matrix
EMT	Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition
ERK	Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase
ESCC	Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
FAK	Focal Adhesion Kinase
FDA	U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDR	False Discovery Rate
GEO	Gene Expression Omnibus
GO	Gene Ontology
HR	Hazard Ratio
KEGG	Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
L1000CDS2	L1000 Characteristic Direction Signature Search Engine
L1000FWD	L1000 Fireworks Display
LINCS	Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures
MCODE	Molecular Complex Detection
MEK	Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase
MF	Molecular Function
OS	Overall Survival
PAR-1	Protease-Activated Receptor-1
PPI	Protein–Protein Interaction
STRING	Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes/Proteins
TCGA	The Cancer Genome Atlas
UALCAN	University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer data analysis portal