| TNBC | triple-negative breast cancer |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| METABRIC | Molecular Taxonomy of Breast Cancer International Consortium |
| OS | overall survival |
| DFS | disease free survival |
| GSEA | gene set enrichment analysis |
| IGF-1 | insulin-like growth factor-1 |
| IGF-1R | insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor |
| IR | insulin receptor |
| PI3K | phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase |
| AKT | protein kinase B |
| FAK | focal adhesion kinase |
| YAP | yes-associated protein |
| TEAD | TEA domain family member |
| CRISPR | clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| sgRNA | single guide RNA |
| KO | knock out |
| WT | wild type |
| shRNA | short hairpin RNA |
| CTGF | connective tissue growth factor |
| Cyr61 | cellular communication network factor 1/cysteine-rich angiogenic inducer 61 |