| ALI | Air Liquid Interphase |
| CA | Cell aggregates |
| CAFs | Cancer associated fibroblasts |
| CD | Cells directly seeding |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays |
| EMT | Epithelial-mesenchymal transition |
| FTSM | Full-thickness 3D skin model |
| HDFn | Neonatal human dermal fibroblasts |
| HEKn | Neonatal human epidermal keratinocytes |
| HEM-DP | Neonatal human epidermal melanocytes darkly pigmented |
| IHC | Immunohistochemistry |
| MSM | Three-dimensional melanoma skin model |
| RGP | Radial growth-phase |
| TME | Tumor microenvironment |
| VGP | Vertical-growth phase |