ALDH1A3	Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1A3
ANRIL	antisense to the CDKN2B locus
ASCO	American Society of Clinical Oncology
BC	Breast cancer
BCL-2	B-cell lymphoma 2
BCSC	Breast Cancer Stem Cells
CAF	cancer-associated fibroblast
CAFs	cancer-associated fibroblasts
CCAT2	Colon Cancer Associated Transcript 2
CCL2	monocyte chemotactic protein-1
CCL7	monocyte chemotactic protein-7
CCND1	cyclin D1
CDK6	Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6
Cernan	Competing endogenous RNA
CRISPR	Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
CRNDE	colorectal neoplasia differentially expressed
CSC	Cancer stem cells
CTNNB1	b-catenin
E2F1	E2F transcription factor 1
E2F3	E2F transcription factor 3
E-BCSC	Epithelial
ECM	extracellular matrix
EIF4EBP1	Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 4E Binding Protein 1
EMT	Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition
ENCODE	Encyclopedia of DNA Elements project
ER	Estrogen receptor
ERBB2	Receptor tyrosine-protein kinase erbB-2
ErbB2/3	Receptor tyrosine-protein kinase 2/3
EZH2	Enhancer of Zester Homolog 2
FGF13-AS1	fibroblast growth factor 13-antisense RNA 1
FGF5	fibroblast growth factor 5
FOXC1	Forehead box C1
GAS5	growth arrest specific 5
HAS2	hyaluronic synthase
HIF 1α	Hypoxia-inducible factor-1
HOTAIR	HOX Transcript Antisense Intergenic RNA
HOX	Homeobox
KLF4	Rappel-Like Factor 4
lncRNA	Long intervening/intergenic noncoding RNAs
LINK-A	Long intergenic non-coding RNA for kinase activation
LncRNA	long non-coding RNA
LUCAT1	Lung Cancer Associated Transcript 1
MALAT1	metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1
MAPK	Microtubule Associated Protein Kinase
Mass	mammary stem cells
M-BCSC	Mesenchymal
MEG3	Maternally Expressed Gene 3
MIAT	myocardial infarction associated transcript
miRNA	Micro RNA
mRNA	Messenger RNAs
MSCs	mesenchymal stem cells
MYC	MYC Proto-Oncogene
MYT-1	Myelin Transcription Factor 1
NCCN	National Comprehensive Cancer Network
NCID	Notch intracellular domain
ncRNAs	noncoding RNAs
NEAT1	nuclear Para speckle assembly transcript 1
NEDD4L	Neural precursor cell expressed developmentally down-regulated gene 4-like
NRAD1	non-coding RNA in the aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A pathway
OCT4	octamer-binding transcription factor 4
p53	protein p53
PARP	Poly ADP ribose polymerase
PDGF-BB	platelet derived growth factor BB
PDK1	Phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1
PHLDA1	Pleckstrin homology-like domain, family A member 1
pine	Piwi-interacting RNA
PLAGL2	pleomorphic gene like-2
PR	Progesterone receptor
RMRP	RNA component of mitochondrial RNA processing endoribonuclease
RMST	Rhabdomyosarcoma 2-associated transcript
ROR	receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor
RUNX1	Chr. Runt-related transcription factor 1
S1P	sphingosine-1-phosphate
siRNA	small interfering Ribonucleic Acid
SIRT1	silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog
SnaR	steroid receptor RNA activator
sncRNAs	short noncoding RNAs
SNHG12	Small nucleolar RNA host gene 12
snoRNA	Small nucleolar RNAs
snRNA	Small nuclear RNA
SOX 2	Sry-related high mobility group box 2
Sox9	Sry-related HMG box 9
STAT3-CPTIB-FAO	JAK/STAT3-Regulated Fatty Acid β-Oxidation I
STXBP5-AS1	STXBP5 Antisense RNA 1
SUZ12	suppressor of zeste 12
TAM	Tumor-Associated Macrophages
TCF/LEF	T cell factor/lymphoid enhancing factor
TERC	Telomerase RNA component
TERRA	telomeric repeat-containing RNA
TET	ten-eleven translocation
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor beta
TME	tumor microenvironment
TNBC	Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Tregs	T regulatory cells
tRFs	tRNA-derived fragments
UCA1	urothelial carcinoma associated 1
XIST	X inactive specific transcript
ZBTB10	Zinc finger and BTB domain containing 10
ZEB 2	Zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 2
ZEB1	zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox 1