| 2D | Two-dimensional |
| 3D | Three-dimensional |
| ACM | Activated conditioned medium |
| BEAM | Branch Expression Analysis Modeling |
| CAF | Cancer-associated fibroblast |
| CAFEndMT | EndMT-like cancer-associated fibroblast subtype |
| CAFmyo | Cancer-associated myofibroblast subtype |
| CGGA | Chinese Glioma Genome Atlas |
| CM | Conditioned medium |
| CRC | Colorectal cancer |
| CSCC | Cervical squamous cell carcinoma |
| DEG | Differentially expressed gene |
| DMVEC | Dermal microvascular endothelial cell |
| DSP | Differentially secreted protein |
| EAC | Esophageal adenocarcinoma |
| EGA | European Genome-phenome Archive |
| EC | Endothelial cell |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| EdMTS | EndMT signature (score) |
| EMT | Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition |
| EndMT | Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition |
| GBC | Gallbladder cancer |
| GBM | Glioblastoma |
| GC | Gastric cancer |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| GSEA | Gene Set Enrichment Analysis |
| HCC | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
| HCMEC | Human cerebral microvascular endothelial cell |
| HDLEC | Human dermal lymphatic endothelial cell |
| HEMEC | Human esophageal microvascular endothelial cell |
| HMEC-1 | Human microvascular endothelial cell line |
| HMVEC | Human microvascular endothelial cell |
| HPAEC | Human pulmonary arterial endothelial cell |
| HPMEC | Human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cell |
| HUVEC | Human umbilical vein endothelial cell |
| IBD | Inflammatory bowel disease |
| IFF | Interstitial fluid flow |
| IF | Immunofluorescence |
| KD | Knockdown |
| KO | Knockout |
| KP | KrasG12D;Trp53flox/flox (lung adenocarcinoma mouse model) |
| KS | Kaposi’s sarcoma |
| KSHV | Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus |
| LFQ | Label-free quantitation |
| lncRNA | Long non-coding RNA |
| LSL | LoxP-STOP-LoxP |
| MLEC | Mouse lung endothelial cell |
| MSC | Mesenchymal stem cell |
| mRNA | Messenger RNA |
| NSCLC | Non-small-cell lung cancer |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| PDAC | Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma |
| R26R-LacZ | Rosa26 reporter–LacZ |
| RBEC | Rat brain endothelial cell |
| rGBM | Recurrent glioblastoma |
| RIP1-Tag2 | RIP1-Tag2 pancreatic islet tumor mouse model |
| RNA-seq | RNA sequencing |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SAEndo2 | Scar-associated endothelial subset |
| scRNA-seq | Single-cell RNA sequencing |
| shRNA | Short hairpin RNA |
| siRNA | Small interfering RNA |
| STAD | Stomach adenocarcinoma (TCGA cohort) |
| ST-seq | Spatial transcriptomics sequencing |
| TAM | Tumor-associated macrophage |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| tdTomato | Tandem dimer Tomato |
| TEER | Transendothelial electrical resistance |
| TEC | Tumor endothelial cell |
| TME | Tumor microenvironment |
| TMZ | Temozolomide |
| TMZ-R | Temozolomide-resistant |
| TMZ-S | Temozolomide-sensitive |