| PCa | Prostate cancer |
| MMP-2 | matrix metalloproteinase-2 |
| eHSP90α | Extracellular heat shock protein 90α |
| KO | knockout |
| KD | knockdown |
| KLK6 | kallikrein-related peptidase 6 |
| HSP90 | heat shock protein 90 |
| MMP | matrix metalloproteases |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| BrCa | Breast cancer |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| rEGF | recombinant epidermal growth factor |
| BPE | bovine pituitary extract |
| HS | heat shock |
| SFM | serum-free media |
| CF | cell fraction |
| CM | conditioned media |
| DQ | dequenching |
| h | hour |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| AR | Androgen receptor |
| HSR | heat shock response |
| iHSP90α | Intracellular heat shock protein 90α |
| PPI | protease/phosphatase inhibitors |
| EV | Empty vector control |
| PI | Protease inhibitors |
| PhI | Phosphatase inhibitors |
| MME | membrane metallo-endopeptidase |
| siNegt | Non-targeting negative control siRNA Smartpool |
| siMME | siRNA Smartpool targeting MME transcript |
| siKLK6 | siRNA Smartpool targeting KLK6 transcript |
| HNSCC | head and neck squamous cell carcinoma |