| 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 |