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. 2019 May 29;20(11):2649. doi: 10.3390/ijms20112649
ARID1A AT-rich interaction domain 1A
ATM ATM serine/threonine kinase
ATR ATR serine/threonine kinase
AUC Area Under The Curve
BRAF B-Raf proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase
BRCA1/2 BRCA1/2 DNA repair associated
CA125 cancer antigen 125
CCNE1 cyclin E1
CD133 prominin 1
CD44 CD44 molecule (Indian blood group)
CDK12 cyclin-dependent kinase 12
CDK14 cyclin-dependent kinase 14
ChIP-Seq chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing
CNV copy number variations
CpG cytosine–guanine dinucleotides
CTCs cancer tumour cells
ctDNA circulating tumour cells
CTNNB1 catenin beta 1
DDR DNA damage response
DNMT DNA methyltransferase
DNMTi DNA methyltransferase inhibitor
EMSY EMSY transcriptional repressor, BRCA2 interacting
EMT epithelial–mesenchymal transition
EOC epithelial ovarian cancer
EpCAM epithelial cell adhesion molecule
ERASMOS Effects of Regional Analgesia on Serum miRNA after Oncology Surgery Study
ERBB2 erb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2
FIGO The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
FN1 fibronectin 1
FOXM1 forkhead box M1
gDNA genomic DNA
GEO Gene Expression Omnibus (database)
HDAC histone deacetylase
HGP The Human Genome Project
HG-SOC high-grade serous ovarian cancer
HOXA10/11 homeobox A10/A11
HPLC High-performance liquid chromatography
IL6/JAK/STAT3 interleukin 6/Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
KLK6 kallikrein-6
KRAS KRAS proto-oncogene, GTPase
LG-SOC low-grade serous ovarian cancer
lncRNA long non-coding RNA
M metastatic region
MAPK/Erk mitogen-activated protein kinases/extracellular signal-regulated kinase
MDR1 multidrug resistance protein 1
miRNA microRNA
MLH1 mutL homolog 1
mRNA messenger RNA
MS Mass Spectrometry
ncRNA non-coding RNA
NECC New England Case Control study
NF1 neurofibromin 1
NFκB Nuclear Factor Kappa B
NGS Next Generation Sequencing
NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
NRAS NRAS proto-oncogene, GTPase
OC ovarian cancer
ORM1 Orosomucoid 1
P1/2 primary tumour site
PI3K/AKT phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B
PI3K/RAS phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/RAS type GTPase family
PIK3CA phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha
PMP pelvic mass protocol
PPP2R1A protein phosphatase 2 scaffold subunit Alpha
PTEN phosphatase and tensin homolog
RAD51B RAD51 paralog B
RAD51C RAD51 paralog C
RASSF1A Ras association domain family 1 isoform A
RB1 RB transcriptional corepressor 1
RBPMS RNA-binding protein, mRNA processing factor
scRNA-Seq single-cell RNA sequencing
SERPINA1 serpin family A member 1
SNPs single-nucleotide polymorphisms
SNV single nucleotide variant
SWI/SNF switch/sucrose non-fermentable chromatin remodelling complex
TCGA The Cancer Genome Atlas
TP53 tumour protein 53
WNT WNT signalling gene family
Wnt/β-Catenin canonical Wnt pathway