HIF	hypoxia inducible factor
EMT	epithelial to mesenchymal transition
HR	hormonal receptor
ER	estrogen receptor
PR	progesterone receptor
HER2	human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
HRE	hypoxia response element
P4H	collagen prolyl hydroxylase
PLOD	collagen lysyl hydroxylase
LOX	lysyl oxidase
AM	Adrenomedullin
SDF-1	stromal-cell derived factor 1
CXCR4	chemokine receptor-4
BMDCs	bone marrow-derived cell
HSCs	hematopoietic stem cells
CSCs	cancer stem cell
TAZ	transcriptional activator with PDZ-binding motif
CTGF	connective tissue growth factor
ECs	endothelial cells
PTHrP	parathyroid hormone related protein
RANKL	receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand