| AGI | Astrocytoma grade I or pilocytic astrocytoma |
| AGII | Astrocytoma grade II or low-grade astrocytoma |
| AGIII | Astrocytoma grade III or anaplastic astrocytoma |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| CPM | Counts per million |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s medium |
| ERM | Ezrin-radixin-moesin |
| FAK1 | Focal adhesion kinase 1 |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| FERM | 4.1 and ERM |
| FC | Fold change |
| GBM | Glioblastoma |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| NN | Non-neoplastic |
| NTC | Non-target control |
| RPKM | Reads per kilobase million |
| shCD99 | Short hairpin RNA for CD99 |
| shRNA | Short hairpin RNA |
| siRNA | Small interfering RNA |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| WHO | World Health Organization |