| 5-FU | 5-Fluorouracil |
| Blst | Blasticidin |
| CD44v | CD44 variant isoform |
| CD44s | CD44 standard isoform |
| CSC | Cancer stem cell |
| EPCAM | Epithelial adhesion molecule |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| HCC | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
| HPRT1 | Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1 |
| KO | Knock out |
| lncRNA | Long noncoding RNA |
| miR | MicroRNA |
| NEAT1 | Nuclear enriched abundant transcript 1 |
| PTBP3 | Polypyrimidine tract-binding proteins 3 |
| RT-qPCR | Reverse-transcription quantitative PCR |
| SD | Standard deviation |