| CLDN-1 | Claudin-1 protein |
| CLDN-1 | Claudin-1 gene |
| EMT | Epithelial-mesenchymal transition |
| CSCs | Cancer stem cells |
| HER2 | Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| BLBC | Basal-like breast cancer |
| ER | Estrogen receptor |
| ESCRT | Endosomal sorting complexes required for transport |
| EpCAM | Epithelial cell adhesion molecule |
| PTC | Papillary thyroid cancer |
| FTC | Follicular thyroid cancer |
| CRC | Colorectal cancer |
| mCRC | Metastatic colorectal cancer |
| UC | Ulcerative colitis |
| APC | Adenomatous polyposis coli |
| HNSCC | Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma |
| HSCC | Hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma |
| HCC | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
| CTGF | Connective tissue growth factor |
| THBS1 | Thrombospondin 1 |
| DLC1 | Deleted in liver cancer 1 |
| OCLN | Occludin |
| ZO-1 | Zona occludins 1 |
| SPP1 | Secreted phosphoprotein 1 |
| CUTL1 | Cut-like homeobox 1 |
| TGF-α | Transforming growth factor-alpha |
| SLC2A3 | Solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose transporter) member 3 |
| PGF | Placental growth factor |
| EGFR | Epidermal growth factor |
| PC | Pancreatic cancer |
| MEK2 | Mitogen activated protein kinase 2 |
| miR-155 | microRNA-155 |
| BOT | Borderline tumors of the ovary |
| OSCC | Oral squamous cell carcinoma |
| MMP | Matrix metalloproteinase |
| BRCA | Breast invasive carcinoma |
| READ | Rectum adenocarcinoma |
| CESC | Cervical squamous cell carcinoma |
| THCA | Thyroid carcinoma |
| ACC | Adrenocortical carcinoma |
| PAAD | Pancreatic adenocarcinoma |
| mAbs | Monoclonal antibodies |
| cCPE | Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin |
| HCV | Hepatitis C virus |
| TCGA | The cancer genome atlas |