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. 2020 Jan 15;21(2):569. doi: 10.3390/ijms21020569
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