BSP	bisulfite-specific PCR
CI	confidence interval
DMEM	Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium
EMEM	Eagle’s Minimum Essential Medium
FBS	fetal bovine serum
FPP	farnesyldiphosphate
FTase	farnesyltransferase
GGPP	geranylgeranyldiphosphate
GGPPS	GGPP synthase
GGTase I/II/III	geranylgeranyltransferase type I/II/III
GOI	gene of interest
NC	negative control
NTC	no-template control
PBMC	peripheral blood mononuclear cell
PC	positive control
PCC	Pearson’s correlation coefficient
PCR	polymerase chain reaction
PTase	prenyltransferase
qPCR	quantitative polymerase chain reaction
ROI	region of interest
RPMI	Roswell Park Memorial Institute
TSS	transcription start site
ULR	ultra-low range