| ORP3 | oxysterol binding protein-related protein 3 |
| CRC | Colorectal cancer |
| FAP | familiar adenomatous polyposis |
| dMMR | DNA mismatch repair |
| MLH1 | Mut L homolog1 |
| MSH2 | Mut S homolog 2 |
| BRAF | Proto-oncogene B-raf |
| OSBPL3 | oxysterol binding protein-like 3 |
| ER | endoplasmic reticulum |
| UICC | Union for International Cancer Control |
| cis | Carcinoma in situ |
| CIN | Chromosomal instability |
| PP2A | Protein phosphatase 2 |
| HePTP | hematopoietic protein tyrosine kinase |
| ERK | extracellular signal-regulated kinases |
| CCNU | lomustine |
| MDPI | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| DOAJ | Directory of open access journals |
| TLA | Three letter acronym |
| LD | linear dichroism |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| HPRT | Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase |
| MSI | microsatellite instability |
| MSI-H | high microsatellite instability |
| HNPCC | hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer |
| MSS | micro-satellite stable |
| PH | pleckstrin–homology |
| min | minimum |
| may | maximum |
| NR5A2 | nuclear receptor of subfamily 5 group A |
| LRH-1 | liver receptor homologue 1 |