ADAMTS	A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs
AKT	Protein kinase B
AR	Androgen receptor
ARG1	Arginase 1
ASPN	Asporin
BGN	Biglycan
BMP	Bone morphogenetic protein
CAFs	Cancer-associated fibroblasts
cAMP	Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
CCL	C-C motif chemokine ligand
CCR	C-C motif chemokine receptor
CD	Cluster of differentiation
CD1d	Cluster of differentiation 1d
CD44	Cluster of differentiation 44
RHAMM/CD168	Receptor for hyaluronan-mediated motility
CREB	cAMP response element-binding protein
CSF-1	Colony-stimulating factor 1
CSF-1R	Colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor
CSPG4	Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4
CTLA-4	Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4
CXCL	C-X-C motif chemokine ligand
CXCR	C-X-C motif chemokine receptor
DCN	Decorin
DCs	Dendritic cells
DNAM-1	DNAX accessory molecule 1
ECM	Extracellular matrix
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
eIF4E3	Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E family member 3
EMT	Epithelial–mesenchymal transition
ERBB2/HER2	Erb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
ERK	Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
FAK	Focal adhesion kinase
FGF	Fibroblast growth factor
FGFR	Fibroblast growth factor receptor
FOXP3	Forkhead box P3
Gab1	GRB2-associated-binding protein 1
GAG	Glycosaminoglycan
GDF10	Growth differentiation factor 10
GLI2	GLI family zinc finger 2
GPC3	Glypican-3
GPC6	Glypican-6
GPI	Glycosylphosphatidylinositol
HA	Hyaluronan
HAS2	Hyaluronan synthase 2
HGF	Hepatocyte growth factor
HPSE	Heparanase
HSPG	Heparan sulfate proteoglycan
HSPG2	Heparan sulfate proteoglycan 2/perlecan
HSPGs	Heparan sulfate proteoglycans
IFN-γ	Interferon gamma
IGF	Insulin-like growth factor
IGF1R	Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor
IL	Interleukin
IL-8/CXCL8	Interleukin-8/C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 8
iNOS	Inducible nitric oxide synthase
JAK	Janus kinase
JNK	C-Jun N-terminal kinase
LOX/LOXL2	Lysyl oxidase/lysyl oxidase-like 2
MAMs	Metastasis-associated macrophages
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MDSCs	Myeloid-derived suppressor cells
MET	Mesenchymal–epithelial transition factor receptor
MFG-E8	Milk fat globule-EGF factor 8
MHC	Major histocompatibility complex
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinase
MMP-7	Matrix metalloproteinase 7
MMPs	Matrix metalloproteinases
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa B
NG2	Neuron-glial antigen 2
NK cells	Natural killer cells
NKT cells	Natural killer T cells
NO	Nitric oxide
OPG	Osteoprotegerin
PD-1	Programmed cell death protein 1
PD-L1	Programmed death-ligand 1
PDGF	Platelet-derived growth factor
PDGFR	Platelet-derived growth factor receptor
PG	Proteoglycan
PGE2	Prostaglandin E2
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PKA	Protein kinase A
PKCα	Protein kinase C alpha
PTHrP	Parathyroid hormone-related protein
p38 MAPK	p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase
RANK	Receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB
RANKL	Receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand
RB	Retinoblastoma protein
RHAMM	Receptor for hyaluronan-mediated motility
Rho GTPase	Rho guanosine triphosphatase
ROCK	Rho-associated coiled-coil kinase
ROCK1	Rho-associated coiled-coil kinase 1
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
RTK	Receptor tyrosine kinase
scRNA-seq	Single-cell RNA sequencing
SDC	Syndecan
SDC1	Syndecan-1
SDC1/CD138	Syndecan-1/cluster of differentiation 138
Sema3A	Semaphorin 3A
SHH	Sonic hedgehog
SLRP	Small leucine-rich proteoglycan
SMAD	Suppressor of mothers against decapentaplegic proteins
Src	Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src
SREs	Skeletal-related events
SRGN	Serglycin
STAT3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
SULF1/2	Sulfatase 1/2
TAMs	Tumor-associated macrophages
TANs	Tumor-associated neutrophils
Tc17	IL-17-producing cytotoxic T cells
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor beta
TGFβ-RIII	Transforming growth factor beta receptor III/betaglycan
Th	T helper cell
TLR	Toll-like receptor
Tregs	Regulatory T cells
VCAM-1	Vascular cell adhesion molecule 1
VCAN	Versican
VEGFA	Vascular endothelial growth factor A
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
VEGFR	Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor
VEGFR2	Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2
WNT	Wingless/integrated signaling pathway
WNT3A	Wingless-type MMTV integration site family member 3A
YAP/TAZ	Yes-associated protein/transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif
ZEB1	Zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox 1