| AJC | apical junction complex |
| CRC | colorectal cancer |
| CD | Crohn’s disease |
| GC | gastric cancer |
| GGT | γ-glutamyl transpeptidase |
| IBD | inflammatory bowel disease |
| IMFs | intestinal fibroblasts and myofibroblasts |
| MMR | mismatch repair |
| MSI | microsatellite instability |
| MyD88 | myeloid differentiation primary-response gene 88 |
| poly IC | polyriboinosinic-polyribocytidylic acid |
| RISC | RNA-induced silencing complex |
| SOCS1 | suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 |
| T4SS | type IV secretion system |
| TLR/IL-1 | Toll-like receptor/interleukin-1 |
| TP53INP | tumor protein p53-inducible nuclear protein 1 |
| UC | ulcerative colitis |
| VacA | vacuolating toxin A |