| 2D | Two dimensional |
| 3D | Three dimensional |
| 3’ UTR | 3’ untranslated region |
| ANXA2 | Annexin 2 |
| ANXA8 | Annexin 8 |
| AKT | protein kinase B |
| DCIS | Ductal carcinoma in situ |
| ERA | Estrogen receptor alpha |
| GFP | Green Fluorescent Protein |
| HME1 | Human mammary epithelial 1 cell line |
| HME1-CtrlGFP | HME1 control cells carrying a stable RARE-GFP construct |
| HME1-RARA403 | HME1 cells carrying a dominant negative RARA403 mutant |
| HME1-MYC | HME1 cells with MYC ectopic expression |
| HME1-shERA | ERA knock down HME1 cells |
| HME1-shMTG16 | MTG16 knock down HME1 cells |
| HME1-shPER2 | PER2 knock down HME1 cells |
| HME1-ANXA8 | HME1 with ANXA8 ectopic expression |
| HME1-ANXA8GFP | HME1ANXA8 carrying a stable RARE-GFP construct |
| IPA | Ingenuity Pathway Analysis |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| MiRNA | microRNA |
| PI3KCA | Phosphatidylinositol-3Kinase catalytic subunit (p110) |
| P-AKT | phosphorylated AKT |
| PMID | PubMed unique research article identifier number |
| RA | All- Trans Retinoic acid |
| RARE | RA responsive element |
| RARA | RA receptor alpha |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |