CCN2	cellular communication network factor / CCN family 2
CIC	cancer-initiating cells
CLSM	confocal laser scanning microscopy
CSC	cancer stem cells
CTGF	Connective tissue growth factor
CRISPR	clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat
ECM	extracellular matrix
EV	Extracellular vesicle
IVIS	in vivo imaging system
MMP	Moonlighting metalloproteinase
MV	Microvesicle
PEX	hemopexin-like repeat