| TJs | Tight junctions |
| CRC | Colorectal cancer |
| JNK | C-Jun N-terminal kinase |
| ChIP | Chromatin immunoprecipitation |
| AP-1 | Activator protein-1 |
| RTK | Receptor tyrosine kinases |
| EGFR | Epidermal growth factor receptor |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| SCF | Stem cell factor |
| rhSCF | Recombinant human SCF |
| ERK | Extracellular signal-regulated kinases |
| IGF-1 | Insulin-like growth factor 1 |
| VEGFR | Vascular endothelial growth factor |