| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| ECACC | European Collection of Cell Cultures |
| NSCLC | Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer |
| MAPKs | Mitogen-activated Protein Kinases |
| ESCC | Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma |
| NPC | Nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| GIST | Gastrointestinal stromal tumors |
| FDR | False Discovery rate |
| ROX | (6-Carboxyl-X-Rho-damine |