| THC | Thyroid cancer |
| PROX1 | Prospero homeobox 1 |
| FTC | Follicular thyroid cancer |
| LEC | Lymphatic endothelial cell |
| PTC | Papillary thyroid cancer |
| SCT | Squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid derived |
| DTC | Well-differentiated thyroid cancer |
| PDTC | Poorly differentiated thyroid cancer |
| ATC | Anaplastic thyroid cancer |
| MTC | Medullary thyroid cancer |
| ICAM1 | Intercellular adhesion molecule 1 |
| VEGFR-1 | Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1 |
| PDPN | Podoplanin |
| LYVE-1 | Lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor 1 |
| SOX18 | SRY-Box transcription factor 18 |
| COUP-TFII | Nuclear receptor subfamily 2 group F member 2 |
| EMT | Epithelial to mesenchymal transition |
| PI3K | 3-Phosphatidylinositol kinase PI kinase |
| NR | Nuclear receptor |
| NLS | Nuclear localization signal |
| FGF2 | Fibroblast growth factor 2 |
| ARE | AU-rich element |
| 3′-UTR | Three prime untranslated region |
| SNP | Nucleotide polymorphism |
| DNMT | DNA methyltransferase |
| ncRNA | Non-protein-coding RNA |
| SG | Secretory granule |
| TC-1 | Thyroid cancer 1 protein |
| FABP4 | Fatty acid-binding protein 4 |
| BP | Biological process |
| GO | Gene Ontology |