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. 2026 Apr 23;15(9):756. doi: 10.3390/cells15090756
ADC Antibody–drug conjugate
AKT Protein kinase B
AP-1 Activator protein 1
APOBEC3A Apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme catalytic subunit 3A
CAF Cancer-associated fibroblast
CDK2 Cyclin-dependent kinase 2
CDK4/6 Cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6
CDK4/6i CDK4/6 inhibitor(s)
CITUP Clonal inference in tumors using phylogeny
CODEX CO-Detection by indEXing
CSC Cancer stem cell
ctDNA Circulating tumor DNA
DCIS Ductal carcinoma in situ
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNMT DNA methyltransferase
DTP Drug-tolerant persister
ECM Extracellular matrix
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
EMT Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
ER Estrogen receptor
ER+ Estrogen receptor-positive
ET Endocrine therapy
EZH2 Enhancer of zeste homolog 2
FAD Flavin adenine dinucleotide
FAO Fatty acid oxidation
FGFR Fibroblast growth factor receptor
GPX4 Glutathione peroxidase 4
H3K4me3 Histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation
H3K27me3 Histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation
H4K20me3 Histone H4 lysine 20 trimethylation
HDAC Histone deacetylase
HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
HER2+ HER2-positive
HGF Hepatocyte growth factor
HIF-1α Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha
HLA-G Human leukocyte antigen G
HMOX1 Heme oxygenase 1
ICI Immune checkpoint inhibitor
IGF-1R Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor
IL-6 Interleukin 6
IL-10 Interleukin 10
IMC Imaging mass cytometry
ISR Integrated stress response
ITH Intra-tumoral heterogeneity
JAK Janus kinase
KDM5A/B Lysine demethylase 5A/B (JARID1A/B)
KDM6A/B Lysine demethylase 6A/B
KRT5/14/17 Keratin 5/14/17
LAM Lipid-associated macrophage
LSD1 Lysine-specific demethylase 1 (KDM1A)
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MDR1 Multidrug resistance protein 1 (P-glycoprotein)
MERFISH Multiplexed error-robust fluorescence in situ hybridization
MET Mesenchymal–epithelial transition factor (hepatocyte growth factor receptor)
MHC Major histocompatibility complex
MOFA+ Multi-Omics Factor Analysis
MPC Metastatic precursor cell
mTOR Mechanistic target of rapamycin
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NRF2 Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NFE2L2)
OXPHOS Oxidative phosphorylation
PD-1 Programmed cell death protein 1
PD-L1 Programmed death-ligand 1
PDX Patient-derived xenograft
P-gp P-glycoprotein (MDR1/ABCB1)
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PINK1 PTEN-induced kinase 1
PIK3CA Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha
PRC2 Polycomb repressive complex 2
RB1 Retinoblastoma protein 1
RNA Ribonucleic acid
ROS Reactive oxygen species
RTK Receptor tyrosine kinase
SAM S-adenosylmethionine
scATAC-seq Single-cell assay for transposase-accessible chromatin sequencing
scCUT&Tag Single-cell cleavage under targets and tagmentation
scRNA-seq Single-cell RNA sequencing
SLC7A11 Solute carrier family 7 member 11 (xCT)
ST Spatial transcriptomics
STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TAM Tumor-associated macrophage
TCA Tricarboxylic acid
T-DXd Trastuzumab deruxtecan
TER Tumor clonal evolution rate
TGF-β Transforming growth factor beta
TIGIT T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains
TIM-3 T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-containing protein 3
TME Tumor microenvironment
TNBC Triple-negative breast cancer
VAF Variant allele frequency
WNN Weighted nearest neighbor
xCT Cystine/glutamate antiporter (SLC7A11)
α-KG Alpha-ketoglutarate