| 2D | 2-dimensional |
| 3D | 3-dimensional |
| AJCC | American Joint Committee on Cancer |
| BCG | bacillus Calmette–Guérin |
| BUC | bladder urothelial carcinoma |
| C-ERMAD | C-terminal ERM-associated domain |
| DEPs | differentially expressed proteins |
| ECM | extracellular matrix |
| EMT | epithelial–mesenchymal transition |
| ERM | ezrin, radixin, and moesin |
| FASP | filter-aided sample preparation |
| FDR | false discovery rate |
| FERM | 4.1-band ERM |
| GO | gene ontology |
| HCD | higher-energy collisional dissociation |
| HGUC | high-grade urothelial carcinoma |
| IBUC_CL | invasive bladder urothelial carcinoma cell line |
| ICC | immunocytochemistry |
| LBC | liquid-based cytology |
| LC-MS/MS | liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry |
| LFQ | label-free quantification |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MIBUC | muscle-invasive bladder urothelial carcinoma |
| NHE-1 | Na+/H+ exchanger 1 |
| NIBUC | non-invasive bladder urothelial carcinoma |
| NIBUC_CL | non-invasive bladder urothelial carcinoma cell line |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| PI(4,5)P2 | phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate |
| poly-HEMA | poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) |
| pT | pathologic T |
| pTa | non-invasive papillary carcinoma |
| pTis | urothelial carcinoma in situ |
| pT1 | tumor invades lamina propria (subepithelial connective tissue) |
| pT2+ | tumor invades muscularis propria and beyond |
| SDS | sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| SHGUC | suspicious for high-grade urothelial carcinoma |
| SIBUC | stromal-invasive bladder urothelial carcinoma |
| siRNA | small interfering RNA |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| TCEP | tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine |
| TFA | trifluoroacetic acid |
| TMT | tandem mass tag |
| TUR-B | transurethral resection of bladder |