| OSCC | Oral squamous cell carcinoma |
| IGF1R | Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor |
| PI3KCA | Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase |
| AKT-PKB | Protein kinase B |
| RAS/RAF/MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinases pathway |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| PRKCI | Protein kinase C iota |
| GLI | Glioma-associated oncogene |
| IGF-1 | Insulin-like growth factor 1 |
| HH | Hedgehog |
| IL | Interleukin |
| CAF | Cancer-associated fibroblasts |
| TGF-β | Transforming growth factor beta |
| MMP | Matrix metallopeptidases |
| HGF | Hepatocyte growth factor |
| EGF | Epidermal growth factor |
| CTGF | Connective tissue growth factor |
| SMO | Smoothened |
| SHH | Sonic hedgehog |
| PTCH1 | Patched 1 |
| IHH | Indian hedgehog |
| IGFBP | Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein |
| MF1 | Human dermal fibroblasts |
| MF1-IGF1 | Human dermal fibroblasts-expressing IGF-1 |
| TNF-TRAIL | Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand |
| CRISPR/Cas9 | clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR associated protein 9 |
| CD | Cluster differentiation |
| MOI | Multiplicity of infection |
| sgRNA | single guide RNA |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium |
| CM | Conditioned medium |