ADAM	A Disintegrin And Metalloproteinase
APC	Adenomatous polyposis coli
CAF	Cancer-associated fibroblast
CBF1	C promoter-binding factor 1
CD44	Cluster of differentiation 44
cK	Cytokeratin
CSC	Cancer stem cell
CUP	Carcinoma of unknown primary
CXCR4	CXC chemokine receptor 4
DC	Dendritic cells
DLL	Delta-like
EGF(R)	Epidermal growth factor (receptor)
EMTEphHB3	Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitionEphrin type-B receptor 3
ERK	Extracellular regulated kinase
GSI DAPT	Gamma-secretase inhibitors N-[N-(3,5-difluorophenacetyl)-l-alanyl]-S-phenylglycine t-butyl ester
Hes	Hairy and enhancer of split
Hey	Hairy/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif
HGF	Hepatocyte growth factor
HH	Hedgehog
Hif1a	Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha subunit
HNSCC	Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Ikk2	Inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit kinase β
IL	Interleukin
ILC	Innate lymphoid cell
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinase
KLF5	Kruppel like factor 5
K-Ras	Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog
Lfng	Lunatic Fringe
LNR	Cysteine-rich Lin-12/Notch Repeats
mAb	Monoclonal antibody
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MDM2	Mouse double minute homolog 2
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinase
Mnfg	Maniac Fringe
Myc	Myc proto-oncogene
NCR	Natural cytotoxicity receptor
NECD	Notch extracellular domain
NEXT	Notch extracellular truncation
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NICD	Notch intracellular domain
NK	Natural killer cells
NLS	Nuclear localizing sequence
Nox1	Nicotidamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase 1
OCT4	Octamer-binding transcription factor 4
OSCC	Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
PI3K-AKT	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase v-Akt murine thymoma viral oncogene
Pparg	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma
PTEN	Phosphatase and tensin homolog
RBPj	Recombining binding protein suppressor of hairless
Rfng	Radical Fringe
Shh	Sonic hedgehog
STAT3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
SOX2	Sex determining region Y-box 2
TAM	Tumor associated macrophages
TCF	T-cell factor/lymphoid enhancer factor
T-ALL	T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
TCF	T-cell factor
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor-β
Tgfbr1	Transforming growth factor-β receptor 1
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor alpha
VEGF(R)	Vascular endothelial growth factor (receptor)
WHO	World Health Organization
Wnt	Wingless/Integrated
α-SMA	α-smooth muscle actin
4NQO	4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide