| miRNAs | MicroRNAs |
| ncRNAs | Non-coding RNAs |
| Lin-4 | Lineage defective 4 |
| Let-7 | Lethal 7 |
| mRNAs | Messenger RNAs |
| circRNAs | Circular RNAs |
| lncRNAs | Long non-coding RNAs |
| OncomiRs | Oncogenic microRNAs |
| CLL | Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia |
| AML | Acute myeloid leukemia |
| ceRNAs | Competitive endogenous RNAs |
| MREs | MiRNA response elements |
| EBV | Epstein-Barr virus |
| EMT | Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition |
| PD-L1 | Programmed death-ligand 1 |
| MUC1 | Mucin 1 |
| Mimics | Mimic endogenous microRNAs |
| AntagomiRs | MicroRNA inhibitors |
| ceRNAs | Competitive endogenous microRNAs |
| KSHV | Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus |
| Real-time qRT-PCR | Real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction |
| IPA | Ingenuity Pathway Analysis |
| RBPs | RNA-binding proteins |
| CLIP-seq | Cross-linking Immunoprecipitation followed by deep sequencing |
| Ago | Argonaute |
| CRISPR | Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats |