bp	base pairs
cDNA	complementary DNA
ceRNA	competing endogenous RNA
CN RCI	Cytoplasm-to-Nucleus Relative Concentration Index
CPC2	Coding Potential Calculator 2
CRC	Colorectal cancer
DMEM	Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium
FBS	Fetal Bovine Serum
FDR	False Discovery Rate
KIRC	Kidney Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma
lncRNA	Long non-coding RNA
min	Minute
miRNA	microRNA
NGS	Next-Generation Sequencing
NHEK	Normal Human Epidermal Keratinocyte
PBS	Phosphate-Buffered Saline
PCR	Polymerase Chain Reaction
qRT-PCR	Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA-seq	RNA sequencing
RNA-FISH	RNA Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
RPKM	Reads Per Kilobase of transcript per Million mapped reads
SNN	Shared Nearest Neighbor graph
U	International Unit