| AQP1 | Aquaporin 1 |
| AVD | Apoptotic volume decrease |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulphoxide |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| FBS | Foetal bovine serum |
| HMEC -1 | Human microvascular endothelial cell-1 |
| HUVEC | Human umbilical vascular endothelial cell |
| MM | Malignant mesothelioma |
| MMP | Matrix metallopeptidase |
| MMTV-PyVT | Mouse mammary tumour virus-driven polyoma virus middle T oncogene |
| MTS | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium |
| NSCLC | Non-small cell lung cancer |