α-SMA	α-smooth muscle actin
ADAMs	A disintegrin and metalloproteases
AKT	Protein kinase B
ANXA6	Annexin A6
APAF1	Apoptotic protease activating factor 1
ARMMs	Arrestin domain-containing protein 1-mediated microvesicles
ARRDC1	Arrestin domain-containing protein 1
BCL2	B-cell lymphoma 2
BRCA1	Breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein
CAF	Cancer-associated fibroblasts
CCAL	Colorectal cancer-associated lncRNA
CCL22	C motif chemokine ligand 22
CDKN1A	Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A
CXCR4	C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4
CXCL-1	Chemokine ligand 1
DU	Differential ultracentrifugation
ECM	Extracellular matrix
EMT	Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
ERK	Extracellular-signal-regulated kinase
ESCRT	Endosomal sorting complex required for transport
EV	Extracellular vesicle
EZH2	Enhancer of zeste homolog 2
FAK	Focal adhesion kinase
FAP	Fibroblast activation protein
FGF	Fibroblast growth factor
Fli-1	Friend leukemia virus integration 1
GTPase	Guanosine triphosphatases
HNC	Head and neck cancer
hnRNPA1	Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1
hTERT	Human telomerase reverse transcriptase
Hyal1 iCAF	Hyaluronidase-1 Inflammatory cancer-associated fibroblast
IL	Interleukin
ILV	Intervesicular body
ITGB4	Integrin subunit beta 4
ITGβL1	Integrin beta-like 1
LIN28B	Lin-28 homolog B
LMP1	Latent membrane protein 1
lncRNA	Long non-coding ribonucleic acid
LRP1	Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MCP-1	Monocyte chemotactic protein-1
miRNA	Micro ribonucleic acid
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinase
mRNA	Messenger ribonucleic acid
mTOR	The mammalian target of rapamycin
MVB	Multivesicular body
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa B
Notch1	Notch homolog 1, translocation associated
nSMases	Sphingomyelinases
oncomiR	Oncogenic microRNA
PDGF	Platelet-derived growth factor
PDGFR	Platelet-derived growth factor receptors
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase
PKM	Pyruvate kinase M1/2
PTEN	Phosphatase and tensin homolog
RhoA	Ras homolog family member A
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
SDF-1	Stromal cell-derived factor-1
Snail	Chemoresistance-inducing factor
SNHG3	Small nucleolar RNA host gene 3
SOCS1	Suppressor of cytokine signaling 1
STAT3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
S1PR2	Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 2
TCF12	Transcription factor 12
TEM	Transmission electron microscopy
TET2	Tet methylcytosine dioxygenase 2
TGF	Transforming growth factor
TGFBR	Transforming growth factor beta receptor
TME	Tumor microenvironment
TNF	Tumor necrosis factor
TP53INP1	Tumor protein 53-induced nuclear protein 1
TSP1	Thrombospondin-1
VASH1	Vasohibin 1
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
VEGFR	Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor
VLA-4	Integrin very late antigen-4
USP7	Ubiquitin-specific protease 7
WWC2	WW and C2 domain containing 2