| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| CFSE | Carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| FCS | fetal calf serum |
| FPKM | Fragments Per Kilobase Million |
| ICC | immunocytochemistry |
| IF | immunofluorescence |
| MIM | melanoma isolation medium |
| rel OD | relative optical density |
| RT-PCR | real-time polymerase chain reaction |
| SR-BI | scavenger receptor class B type I |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |