| 2D | Monolayer |
| BSA | Bovine Serum Albumin |
| CSC | Cancer Stem Cell |
| CSF | Cerebro-Spinal Fluid |
| Ct | Cycle threshold |
| CT | ChemoTherapy |
| ECM | ExtraCellular Matrix |
| EGFR | Epithelial Growth Factor-Receptor |
| GMT | Glial to Mesenchymal Transition |
| FACS | Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter |
| FCS | Foetal Calf Serum |
| FDA | Fluorescein DiAcetate |
| FISH | Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization |
| FITC | Fluorescein IsoThioCyanate |
| G-CSF-R | Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor-Receptor |
| GFAP | Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein |
| H3K9m2 | dimethyl-Histone-3-lysine-9 |
| HDAC | Histone Deacetylase |
| HES | Hematoxylin Eosin Safran |
| ICP-MS | Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry |
| IDH | Isocitrate DesHydrogenase |
| KDM | Histone Lysine Demethylase |
| MDM2 | Mouse Double Minute 2 homolog |
| MGG | May Grunwald Giemsa |
| MGMTt+ | positive transcript expression of O(6)-MethyGuanine-DNA-MethylTransferase |
| MMPs | Matrix Metallo-Proteases |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| N-CAM | Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule |
| neuN | NEUronal Nuclear antigen |
| p15/INK4B | Inhibitor of CDK4B |
| p16/INK4A | Inhibitor of CDK4A |
| p21/WAF1 | Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1 |
| p27/KIP1 | Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1B |
| PBS | Phosphate Buffer Saline |
| PI | Propidium iodide |
| PI3K | Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase |
| PBS | Phosphate buffer salt |
| PFA | ParaFormAldehyde |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| RT | Radiation Therapy |
| TMZ | Temozolomide |
| SS | Sodium selenite |