| AP-1 | activator protein-1 |
| BAP-1 | BRCA1-associated protein 1 |
| BARD-1 | BRCA1-associated RING domain protein 1 |
| BRCA-1 | Breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein |
| ChIP | chromatin immunoprecipitation |
| EMT | epithelial-mesenchymal transition |
| ERα | estrogen receptor alpha |
| EZH2 | enhancer of zeste 2 polycomb repressive complex 2 subunit |
| FOX | forkhead BOX |
| FOXK1 | forkhead box K1 |
| FOXK2 | forkhead box K2 |
| FOXO3a | forkhead box O3 |
| FHA | forkhead associated domain |
| Gsk3 | glycogen synthase kinase 3 |
| HCC | hepatocellular carcinoma |
| HIF1α | hypoxia-inducing factor 1 alpha |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| HDAC | histone deacetylase |
| HPV | human papillomavirus |
| IL-2 | interleukin-2 |
| ILF | interleukin-enhancer binding factor |
| MBD | methyl binding domain protein |
| mTOR | mammalian target of rapamycin |
| NCoR/SMRT | nuclear receptor co-repressor/silencing mediator for retinoid or thyroid-hormone receptors |
| NFAT | nuclear factor of activating cells |
| NLS | nuclear localization signal |
| NNMT | nicotinamide N-methyltransferase |
| NURD | nucleosome remodeling deacetylase |
| PR-DUB | Polycomb repressive deubiquitinase |
| REST | RE1-silencing transcription factor |
| SOX9 | Sex-determining region Y box 9 |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |