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. 2026 Jul 9;16(14):2153. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics16142153
3′UTR 3′ Untranslated Region
AKT Protein Kinase B
AP-1 Activator Protein 1
CAF Cancer-Associated Fibroblast
CCL2 C-C motif Chemokine Ligand 2
Cdc42 Cell Division Cycle 42
CHD Calponin Homology Domain
CRC Colorectal Cancer
EGFR Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
ELK-1 ETS-Like protein 1
EMT Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition
ERK Extracellular signal-Regulated Kinase
F-actin Filamentous Actin
GAP GTPase-Activating Protein
GRD Ras GTPase-Related Domain
GTP Guanosine Triphosphate
IQGAP IQ motif-containing GTPase-Activating Protein
Irs IQGAP-specific Repeats
MAPK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase
MEK MAPK/ERK Kinase
miRNA/miR microRNA
MMP Matrix Metalloproteinase
mRNA messenger RNA
MYL9 Myosin Light Chain 9
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase
PIK3C2B Phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 3-Kinase Catalytic Subunit Type 2 Beta
PIP2 Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate
PLS1 Plastin 1
Rac1 Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1
RAF Rapidly Accelerated Fibrosarcoma kinase
RAS Rat Sarcoma virus oncogene homolog
RasGAP Ras GTPase-Activating Protein
RGCT RasGAP C-Terminal domain
RTK Receptor Tyrosine Kinase
TGF-β Transforming Growth Factor-beta
TME Tumor Microenvironment
TNM Tumor–Node–Metastasis
Wnt Wingless-related integration site
WW WW domain (containing two conserved tryptophan residues)