| CAFs | cancer associated fibroblasts |
| FGFR1 | fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 |
| FGF2 | fibroblast growth factor 2 |
| GPER | G protein estrogen receptor |
| CRISPR | Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats |
| sgRNA | single guide RNA |
| WT | Wild type |
| KO | Knockout ERK, extracellular signal-regulated kinase |
| AP-1 | activator protein 1 |
| PI3K | phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase |
| CTGF/CCN2 | connective tissue growth factor |