| 5-FU | 5-fluorouracil |
| ACT | adoptive cell therapy |
| AGO2 | argonaute RISC catalytic component 2 |
| APC | antigen-presenting cell |
| ApoE | apolipoprotein E |
| ASGR | asialoglycoprotein receptor |
| ASO | antisense oligonucleotide |
| ATG3 | Autophagy-related 3 |
| AUNP | gold nanoparticle |
| BC | bladder cancer |
| BCL2 | B-cell lymphoma 2 |
| BCL-XL | B-cell lymphoma extra-large |
| BRCA | breast cancer |
| CAF | cancer-associated fibroblast |
| cAMP | cyclic AMP |
| CAR-T | chimeric antigen receptor T-cell |
| CDX | cell line-derived xenograft |
| ceRNA | competing endogenous RNA |
| CLL | chronic lymphocytic leukemia |
| c-MET | c-mesenchymal–epithelial transition |
| CRC | colorectal cancer |
| CRISPRi | CRISPR interference |
| CTCL | cutaneous T-cell lymphoma |
| CXCL12 | C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 12 |
| DDR | DNA damage response |
| DECR1 | 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase 1 |
| DNA-PKcs | DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit |
| DNMT | DNA methyltransferase |
| DOK1 | downstream of tyrosine kinase 1 |
| DOPC | 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine |
| DOTAP | 1,2-dioleoyl-3-dimethylammonium-propane |
| dsRNA | double-stranded RNA |
| EGFR | epidermal growth factor receptor |
| EMA | European Medicines Agency |
| EMT | Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition |
| EV | extracellular vesicles |
| FAO | fatty acid oxidation |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| GalNAc | N-acetylgalactosamine |
| GC | gastric cancer |
| GPCR | G-protein-coupled receptor |
| GPCR-Gαi | G protein-coupled receptor-inhibitory alpha (α) subunit of the G protein |
| GSH | glutathione |
| HCC | hepatocellular carcinoma |
| HER2 | human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| HGF | hepatocyte growth factor |
| HIF-1α | hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha |
| HMGA1 | high mobility group A1 |
| HNSCC | head and neck squamous cell carcinoma |
| Hsp27 | heat shock protein 27 |
| hTR | Human telomerase RNA |
| HuR | Hu antigen R |
| ICI | immune checkpoint inhibitor |
| IFN | type I interferon |
| KIRC | kidney renal clear cell carcinoma |
| LIHC | liver hepatocellular carcinoma |
| LNA | locked nucleic acid |
| lncRNA | long non-coding RNA |
| LNP | lipid nanoparticle |
| m6A | N6-methyladenosine |
| mAb | monoclonal antibody |
| MCM3 | Minichromosome Maintenance Complex 3 |
| MDM2 | mouse double minute 2 homolog |
| METTL3 | methyltransferase-like 3 |
| MHC-I | major histocompatibility complex class I |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| MMP | matrix metalloproteinase |
| mRNA | messenger RNA |
| ncRNA | non-coding RNA |
| NHEJ | non-homologous end joining |
| N-HER2 | nuclear human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| NPC | nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
| NSCLC | non-small-cell lung cancer |
| OE | Overexpressed |
| PAK5 | p21-activated kinase 5 |
| PCBP1 | Poly(rC)-binding protein 1 |
| PD-1 | programmed cell death protein 1 |
| PDAC | pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma |
| PD-L1/2 | programmed cell death ligand 1 or 2 |
| PDX | patient-derived xenograft |
| PEG | polyethylene glycol |
| PEI | Polyethylenimine |
| PHD2 | prolyl hydroxylase domain protein 2 |
| PIP3 | phosphatidylinositol-(3,4,5)-triphosphate |
| PKA | protein kinase A |
| PKN3 | protein kinase N3 |
| PLC | Peptide-Loading Components (not to be mistaken with phospholipase C) |
| PLGA | poly(lactide-co-glycolactide) |
| PPARα | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha |
| PUFA | polyunsaturated fatty acid |
| RISC | RNA-induced silencing complex |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SELEX | systemic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment |
| siRNA | small interfering RNA |
| SMKI | small molecule kinase inhibitor |
| SORT | selective organ-targeting |
| ssDNA | single-stranded DNA |
| ssRNA | single-stranded RNA |
| TAM | tumor-associated macrophage |
| TCR | T-cell receptor |
| TLR | Toll-like receptor |
| TNBC | triple negative breast cancer |
| TNS4 | tension focal adhesion 4 |
| TTR | transthyretin |
| UE | Underexpressed |
| WT1 | Wilms’ Tumor 1 protein |
| YTHDC1 | YTH domain-containing protein 1 |
| YTHDF3 | YTH N6-methyladenosine RNA-binding protein 3 |