| ALK4 | Activin receptor-like kinase 4 |
| ASCT2 | System ASC amino acid transporters 2 |
| BACH1 | BTB Domain And CNC Homolog 1 |
| bFGF | Basic fibroblast growth factor |
| BM-MSC | Human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell |
| CPT1A | Carnitine palmitoyl transferase 1A |
| CXCL8 | Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 8 |
| DNMT | DNA methyltransferase |
| EMT | Epithelial–mesenchymal transition |
| EPC | Bone marrow–derived endothelial progenitor cells |
| FA | Fatty acid |
| FASN | Fatty acid synthase |
| FATP | Fatty acid transporter protein |
| FGF2 | Fibroblast grow factor-2 |
| FZD | Frizzled receptor |
| G6PD | Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GPCR | G-protein-coupled receptor |
| HIF | Hypoxia inducible factor |
| IDC | Infiltrating ductal carcinoma |
| IGF-I | Insulin-like growth factor I |
| IRS1 | Insulin receptor substrate 1 |
| LAT1 | L-type amino acid transporters 1 |
| LATS2 | Large tumor suppressor, homology 2 |
| LDHA/B | Lactate dehydrogenase A and B |
| Let-7a | Lethal-7a |
| LZTFL1 | Leucine zipper transcription factor-like 1 |
| MLC II | Myosin light chain II |
| MMP11 | Matrix metalloproteinase 11 |
| MMP9 | Matrix metalloproteinase 9 |
| MTDH | Metadherin |
| NgBR | Nogo-B receptor |
| NO | Nitric oxide |
| PDCD4 | Protein programmed cell death 4 |
| PFKFB3 | Phosphofructokinase-2/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase |
| TIMP2 | Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 2 |
| TME | Tumor microenvironment |
| TNFα | Tumor necrosis factor α |
| VASH1 | Vasohibin-1 |
| WNK1 | WNK lysine deficient protein kinase 1 |
| ZO-1 | Zonula occludens 1 |
| α KG | α keto glutarate |