| Short name (used in the manuscript) | Full name (Uniprot) |
| HGF | Hepatocyte growth factor |
| MET | Hepatocyte growth factor receptor |
| MSP | Hepatocyte growth factor-like protein |
| RON | Macrophage-stimulating protein receptor |
| CD44v3 | CD44 antigen including variant exon 3 |
| CD44v6 | CD44 antigen including variant exon 6 |
| InlB | Internalin B |
| GRB2 | growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 |
| PLCγ | 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase gamma |
| PI3K | Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase |
| SHP-2 | tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 11 |
| SHC | SHC-transforming protein |
| GAB1 | GRB2-associated binding protein |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| SOS | Son of sevenless homolog |
| NCK | cytoplasmic protein NCK |
| CRK-I and CRK-II | adapter molecule crk |
| C3G | Rap guanine nucleotide exchange factor 1 |
| N-WASP | Neural Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein |
| PKD | Serine/threonine-protein kinase D |
| AKT | RAC-alpha serine/threonine-protein kinase |
| PKC | Protein kinase C |
| PLD | Phospholipase D |
| PAP | Phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase |
| JUN | Transcription factor AP-1 |
| FOS | Proto-oncogene c-Fos |
| SRC | proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase SRC |
| FYN | Tyrosine-protein kinase Fyn |
| FAK | Focal adhesion kinase |
| αDGK | Diacylglycerol kinase alpha |
| RhoGDI | Rho GDP-dissociation inhibitor |
| RCP | Rab11 family-interacting protein 1 |
| STAT3 | Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 |
| SHIP-1 | SH2 domain-containing inositol 5-phosphatases 1 |
| SHIP-2 | SH2 domain-containing inositol 5-phosphatases 2 |
| PLA2 | Phospholipase A2 |
| COX-2 | Prostaglandin G/H synthase 2 |
| CREB | Cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein |
| RB | Retinoblastoma-associated protein |
| JNK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase 8 |
| MEK-1 | Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 |
| MEK-2 | Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 2 |
| ERK1 | Mitogen-activated protein kinase 3 |
| ERK2 | Mitogen-activated protein kinase 1 |
| MEK3 | Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 3 |
| MEK6 | Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6 |
| PKR | Protein kinase R |
| p38α | Mitogen-activated protein kinase 14 |
| CDK1 | Cyclin-dependent kinase 1 |
| Snail | Zinc finger protein SNAI1 |
| Slug | Zinc finger protein SNAI2 |
| Egr1 | early growth response protein 1 |
| Elk-1 | ETS domain-containing protein Elk-1 |
| S6K | Ribosomal protein S6 kinase beta |
| GSK3 | Glycogen synthase kinase-3 |
| Lef | Lymphoid enhancer-binding factor |
| PAK | Serine/threonine-protein kinase PAK 1 |
| ROCK | Rho-associated protein kinase |
| MT1-MMP | Matrix metalloproteinase-14 |
| BAD | Bcl2-associated agonist of cell death |
| Bcl-xL | Bcl-2-like protein 1 (long isoform) |
| Mcl-1 | Induced myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein Mcl-1 |
| mTOR | Serine/threonine-protein kinase mTOR |
| Mdm2 | E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase Mdm2 |
| TP53 | Cellular tumor antigen p53 |
| MYC | Myc proto-oncogene protein |
| 4E-BP1 | Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 |
| p16-INK4a | Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A |
| p21 | Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1 |
| PTP-1B | Tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 1 |
| RPTP-β | Receptor-type tyrosine-protein phosphatase B |
| LAR | Receptor-type tyrosine-protein phosphatase F |
| CD148 | Receptor-type tyrosine-protein phosphatase eta |
| Cbl | E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase CBL |
| CIN85 | SH3 domain-containing kinase-binding protein 1 |
| Hrs | Hepatocyte growth factor-regulated tyrosine kinase substrate |
| Stam | Signal transducing adapter molecule |
| IRS1 | Insulin receptor substrate 1 |
| IRS2 | Insulin receptor substrate 2 |
| EGFR | Epidermal growth factor receptor |
| HER2 | Receptor tyrosine-protein kinase erbB-2 |
| HER3 | Receptor tyrosine-protein kinase erbB-3 |
| RET | Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase receptor Ret |