| TAO | Thousand-and-one |
| TAOK3 | Thousand-and-one kinase 3 |
| PDA | Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma |
| KRAS | Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog |
| TME | Tumor microenvironment |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MAP3K | Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase |
| CSC | Cancer stem cell |
| TCR | T-cell receptor |
| PanIN | Pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia |
| IPMN | Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm |
| 5-FU | 5-fluorouracil |
| DNA | Deoxyribose nucleic acid |
| GPCR | G-protein-coupled receptor |
| MST | Macrophage stimulating |
| LATS | Large tumor suppressor |
| YAP | Yes-associated protein |
| TAZ | Transcriptional co-activator with PDZ-binding motif |
| SAPK | Stress-Activated Protein Kinase |
| JNK | c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase |
| MARKK | Microtubule Affinity-Regulating Kinase Kinase |
| PSK | Prostate-Derived Ste20-Like Kinase 2 |
| JIK | JNK Inhibitory Kinase |
| DPK | Double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase-like |
| MEK | MAPK/ERK kinase |
| ATM | Ataxia telangiectasia mutated |
| CHEK | Checkpoint kinase |
| CDK | Cyclin-dependent kinase |
| PLK | Polo-like kinase 1 |
| TGF | Transforming growth factor |
| SOX | SRY-box |
| LCK | Lymphocyte-specific protein tyrosine kinase |
| DDR | DNA damage response |
| MKK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase |
| SHP | Src homology region 2 domain-containing phosphatase-1 |
| TAM | Tumor-associated macrophage |
| TNF | Tumor necrosis factor |
| TWEAK | TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis |
| Fn14 | Fibroblast growth factor-inducible 14 |
| MuRF | Muscle RING-Finger protein |
| FoxO3 | Forkhead box O3 |
| UPS | Ubiquitin–proteasome system |
| ITK | Interleukin-2-inducible T-cell kinase |
| KMT2C | Lysine methyltransferase 2C |
| ETV | ETS translocation variant |
| CYA | Corylifol A |
| MIA PaCa-2 | MIAMI Pancreatic Carcinoma-2 |