PDAC	Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
PC	Pancreatic cancer
CAFs	Cancer associated fibroblasts
PSCs	Pancreatic stellate cells
ECM	Extracellular matrix
MCN	Mucinous cystic neoplasms
IPMN	Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms
PanIN	Pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia
KRAS	KRAS proto-oncogene
CDKN2A	Cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2A
TP53	Tumor protein 53
SMAD4	SMAD family member 4
CNV	Copy number variation
ERBB2	Erb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2
MET	MET proto-oncogene, receptor tyrosine kinase
CDK6	Cyclin dependent kinase 6
PIK3CA	Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-biphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha
PIK3R3	Phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit 3
BRCA	Breast cancer (susceptibility gene)
PALB2	Partner and localizer of BRCA2
Hh	Hedgehog
TGF-β	Transcription Growth Factor β
SMAD4	SMAD family member 4
MAPK	Mitogen associated protein kinase
TME	Tumor microEnvironment
MMPs	Matrix metalloProteases
TIMPs	Tissue inhibitor metalloproteases
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
FAK	Focal adhesion kinase
DDR2	Discoidin domain receptor tyrosine kinase 2
NF-κβ	Nuclear factor kappa beta
EMT	Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
SHH	Sonic Hedgehog
SPOCK	Sparc/osteonectin, cwcv and kazal-like domains proteoglycan
HA	Hyaluronic acid
CD44	Cluster of differentiation 44
RHAMM	Receptor for HA mediated motility
CAM-DR	Cell adhesion mediated drug resistance
ROCK	Rho-associated protein kinase
ECs	Endothelial cells
vSMCs	Vascular smooth muscle cells
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
bFGF	basic fibroblast growth factor
HIF1α	Hypoxia inducible factor 1α
CypA	Cyclophilin A
LDH-A	Lactate dehydrogenase A
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
TCA cycle	Tricarboxylic acid cycle
FSP1	Fibroblast specific protein 1
α-SMA	α-Smooth muscle actin
BMDCs	Bone marrow derived cells
GFAP	Glial fibrillary acidic protein
IL	Interleukin
TNFα	Tumor necrosis factor α
PDGF	Platelet derived growth factor
TAM	Tumor associated macrophage
NE	Neutrophil elastase
NET	Neutrophil Extracellular Traps
NLR	Neutrophil to lymphocyte Ratio
TIL	Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes
NMF	non-negative matrix factorization
QM	Quasi mesenchymal
GEP	Gene expression profiles
ADEX	Aberrantly differentiated endocrine exocrine
TCGA	The Cancer Genome Atlas