| MS | Mass spectrometry |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| AP-MS | Affinity purification-mass spectrometry |
| DIA | Data-independent acquisition |
| PTM | Posttranslational modifications |
| LC-MS/MS | Liquid-chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry |
| MALDI IMS | Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging mass spectrometry |
| PSEA | Protein set enrichment analysis |
| GSEA | Gene set enrichment analysis |
| VSN | Variance stabilization normalization |
| HMM | Hidden Markov model |
| SVM | Support vector machines |
| LIMMA | Linear Models for Microarray Data |
| PSM | peptide spectrum match |
| ICAT | Isotope coded affinity tag |
| ICPL | isotope coded protein labeling |
| SILAC | stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture |
| PPI | Protein-protein interaction |