| EOC | Epithelial Ovarian Cancer |
| HGSOC | High-grade serous ovarian carcinomas |
| PTEN | Phosphatase and tensin homolog |
| CTNNB1 | Catenin beta 1 |
| TP53 | Tumor protein P53 |
| KRAS | Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog |
| BRAF | Serine/threonine protein kinase B-Raf |
| CDKN2A | Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A |
| ARID1A | AT-rich interaction domain 1A |
| PIK3CA | Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha |
| BRCA1, BRCA2 | Breast cancer type susceptibility proteins 1/2 |
| CNV | Gene copy number variation |
| FTSEC | Fallopian tube secretory epithelial cells |
| STIC | Serous tubal intraepithelial tubal carcinoma |
| NMMII | Non-muscle myosin II |
| Src | Src proto-oncogene |
| ROCK | Rho-associated kinase |
| Erbb2 | Erb-B2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2 |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| CRC | Colorectal cancer |
| ParD6 | Partitioning defective 6 homolog alpha |
| TGFβ | Tumor growth factor β |
| TGFβR2 | Tumor growth factor β receptor 2 |
| SMAD2 | Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 2 |
| MT1-MMP | Membrane type 1 matrix metalloproteinase |
| LPA | Lysophosphatidic acid |
| Edg 2,4,7 | Endothelial differentiation gene family member 2,4,7 |
| G-proteins | Heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide binding regulatory proteins |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3 kinase |
| m-p53 | Mutant p53 |
| APC6 | Lysophosphatidic acid phosphatase type 6 |
| FAK | Focal adhesion kinase |
| EGF | Epidermal growth factor |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| IL-6R | Interleukin-6 receptor |
| TNFα | Tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| JAKs | Janus kinases |
| PDK1 | Phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 |
| Akt | also known as protein kinase B (PKB) |
| Bcl-2 | Bcl-2 (B-cell lymphoma 2) |
| Bcl-XL | B-cell lymphoma-extra large |
| Bax | Bcl-2-associated X, apoptosis regulator |
| Bad | Bcl-2 associated agonist of cell death |
| JNK | c-Jun N-terminal kinase |
| STAT3 | Signal transduction activation of transcription 3 |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| CCL2 | C–C motif chemokine ligand 2 |
| CXCL12 SDF1 | C–X–C motif chemokine ligand 12, also known as stromal cell-derived factor 1 |
| TNFR1 | TNF receptor 1 |
| TAMs | Tumor-associated macrophages |
| MLC | Myosin light chain |
| EMT | Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition |
| CAF | Cancer-associated fibroblasts |
| FABP4 | Fatty acid-binding protein 4 |
| SIK2 | Salt-inducible kinase 2 |
| NETs | Neutrophil extracellular traps |
| CDC42 | Cell division control protein 42 |