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. 2026 Jan 18;27(2):943. doi: 10.3390/ijms27020943
α-SMA Alpha–smooth muscle actin
CAF Cancer-associated fibroblast
DSP Digital spatial profiling
ECM Extracellular matrix
FAP Fibroblast activation protein
FFPE Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded
FDR False discovery rate
GO Gene Ontology
GeoMx GeoMx Digital Spatial Profiling
IFN Interferon
KEGG Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
mIF Multiplex immunofluorescence
MCP-counter Microenvironment Cell Populations counter
MHC Major histocompatibility complex
MIF Macrophage migration inhibitory factor
MPO Myeloperoxidase
NES Normalized enrichment score
NK cell Natural killer cell
PanCK Pan-cytokeratin
PDAC Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
PD-L1 Programmed death-ligand 1
PI3K/AKT Phosphoinositide 3-kinase/AKT signaling pathway
ROI Region of interest
TCGA The Cancer Genome Atlas
TGF-β Transforming growth factor beta
TME Tumor microenvironment
Wnt Wingless-related integration site signaling pathway