| EVs | Extracellular vesicles |
| CAFs | Cancer-associated fibroblasts |
| PMN | Pre-metastatic niche |
| NTA | Nanoparticle tracking analysis |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| HUVEC | Human umbilical vein endothelial cells |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| MFI | Mean fluorescence intensity |
| qRT-PCR | Real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction |