| BAX | BCL2 associated X |
| BCL-2 | B-cell lymphoma 2 |
| Bcl-xL | B-cell lymphoma-extra large |
| BCNU | Carmustine |
| BMI-1 | BMI1 proto-oncogene, polycomb ring finger |
| BTB | Blood–tumor barrier |
| CASC2 | Cancer susceptibility candidate 2 |
| ceRNA | Competitor of endogenous RNA |
| CRNDE | Colorectal neoplasia differentially expressed |
| DNMT1 | DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 1 |
| EGFR | Epidermal growth factor receptor |
| ENCODE | Encyclopedia of DNA elements |
| eRNA | Enhancer RNA |
| exRNA | Extracellular RNA |
| EZH2 | Enhancer of zeste 2 polycomb repressive complex 2 subunit |
| FGF1 | Fibroblast growth factor 1 |
| FOXC1 | Forkhead box C1 |
| GSCs | Glioblastoma stem cells |
| GSK3B | Glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta |
| Gtl2 | Gene trap locus 2 |
| H19 | H19 imprinted maternally expressed transcript |
| HER2 | Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| HES1 | Hes family BHLH transcription factor 1 |
| Hif-1α | Hypoxia inducible factor 1 subunit alpha |
| HNPRK | Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K |
| HOTAIR | HOX transcript antisense RNA |
| HOXC | Homeobox C |
| HOXD10 | Homeobox D10 |
| IGF2 | Insulin-like growth factor 2 |
| lincRNA | Long intergenic RNA |
| lncRNA | Long non-coding RNA |
| LSD1 | Histone demethylase 1 |
| MALAT1 | Metastasis associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 |
| MBNL | Muscleblind like splicing regulator |
| MDM2 | MDM2 proto-oncogene |
| MEG3 | Maternally expressed gene 3 |
| miRNA | MicroRNA |
| MMP | Matrix metalloprotease |
| mTOR | Mechanistic target of rapamycin kinase |
| NATs | Natural antisense transcripts |
| ncRNA | Non-coding RNA |
| NEAT1 | Nuclear paraspeckles assembly transcript 1 |
| NF-kB | Nuclear factor-kappa B subunit 1 |
| NKD1 | NKD inhibitor of WNT signaling pathway 1 |
| NONO/P54nrb | Non-POU domain containing octamer binding |
| NOTCH3 | Notch receptor 3 |
| NSCLC | Non-small cell lung cancer |
| ORF | Open reading frame |
| p70S6K1 | Ribosomal protein S6 kinase beta-1 |
| PDCD4 | Programmed cell death 4 |
| PIK3R1 | Phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit 1 |
| piRNA | Piwi-interacting RNA |
| PRC2 | Polycomb repressive complex 2 |
| PTEN | Phosphatase and tensin homolog |
| PTPμ | Tyrosine phosphatase μ |
| PUMA | p53-upregulated modulator of apoptosis |
| RAC1 | Rac family small GTPase 1 |
| RECK | Reversion inducing cysteine rich protein with kazal motifs |
| RNAP II | RNA polymerase II |
| RNP | Ribonucleoprotein |
| rRNA | Ribosomal RNA |
| SART3 | Spliceosome associated factor 3, U4/U6 recycling protein |
| scaRNA | Cajal body-specific RNA |
| siRNA | Short interfering RNA |
| siRNA | Small interfering RNA |
| snoRNA | Small nucleolar RNA |
| snRNA | Small nuclear RNA |
| SOX2 | SRY-Box transcription factor 2 |
| SRSF2 | Serine and arginine rich splicing factor 2 |
| STAT3 | Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 |
| SUZ12 | SUZ12 polycomb repressive complex 2 subunit |
| TAP63 | Tumor suppressor homolog of p53 |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| TIMP3 | TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 3 |
| TMZ | Temozolomide |
| tRNA | Transfer RNA |
| TS | Thymidylate synthase |
| UTR | Untranslated region |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor A |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| XIC | X inactivation center |
| XIST | X-inactive specific transcript |
| ZHX1 | Zinc fingers and homeoboxes 1 |
| ZO-2 | Zonula occludens 2 |