Maspin	mammary serine protease inhibitor
cytMaspin	cytoplasmic-only maspin
PDAC	pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
panMaspin	nuclear and cytoplasmic maspin
PanIN	pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia
HPDE	human pancreatic duct epithelial
OS	overall survival
RPMI1640	Roswell Park Memorial Institute 1640
IMDM	Iscove’s Modified Dulbecco’s Medium
DMEM	Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium
FBS	fetal bovine serum
p-EGFR	phosphorylated EGFR
p-Akt	phosphorylated Akt
PANC-1-ctrl	PANC-1-control
PANC-1-masp	PANC-1-maspin
MIA PaCa-2-ctrl	MIA PaCa-2-control
MIA PaCa-2-masp	MIA PaCa-2-maspin
PSN-1-ctrl	PSN-1-control
PSN-1-masp	PSN-1-maspin
S2-020-ctrl	S2-020-control
S2-020-masp	S2-020-maspin
PBS	phosphate-buffered saline
IF	Immunofluorescence
RT	room temperature
DEGs	differentially expressed genes
GO	gene ontology
BP	biological process
KEGG	Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
DAVID	Database for Annotation, Visualization, and Integrated Discovery
REViGO	Reduce & Visualize Gene Ontology
EMT	epithelial–mesenchymal transition