| 2D | Two-dimensional |
| 3D | Three-dimensional |
| BC | Breast cancer |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| CD44t | Total CD44 isoform |
| CEMIP | Cell migration-inducing hyaluronidase |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| EMT | Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition |
| GAG | Glycosaminoglycan |
| GlcA | D-glucuronic acid |
| GlcNAc | N-acetyl-D-glucosamine |
| HA | Hyaluronan/hyaluronic acid |
| HAS1/2/3 | Hyaluronan synthase 1, 2, 3 |
| HAS2-AS1 | HAS2 antisense RNA 1 |
| HMW | High-molecular-weight |
| LMW | Low-molecular-weight |
| MMP | Matrix metalloproteinase |
| MMP-14 | Matrix metalloproteinase 14 |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PFA | Paraformaldehyde |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| PG | Proteoglycan |
| RHAMM | Receptor for hyaluronan-mediated motility |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy |
| sHA | Sulfated hyaluronan |
| SNAI2 | Snail family transcriptional repressor 2 (Slug) |
| TMEM2 | Transmembrane protein 2 (hyaluronidase) |
| TME | Tumor microenvironment |
| TNBC | Triple-negative breast cancer |
| TPM | Transcripts per million |