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. 2020 Apr 9;21(7):2611. doi: 10.3390/ijms21072611
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