aa	amino acids
AKT	Serine-threonine Protein Kinase (now called AKT1)
AS	Alternative Splicing
BC	Breast Cancer
CC	Cervical Cancer
CD147	Cluster of Differentiation 147
c/n	Copy Number
CRC	Colorectal Cancer
CRISPR-Cas9	Clustered Regularly-Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats-CRISPR associated protein 9
Dexa	Dexamethason
DHT	Dihydrotestosterone
E2	Estradiol
EC	Endometrial Cancer
ECM	Extracellular Matrix
EMT	Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
ER	Estrogen Receptor
ERK1/2	Extracellular Signal-regulated Kinase 1/2
ESE	Exonic Splicing Enhancer
FOX2	AS regulator, RNA binding motif protein 9 (RMB9)
GH	Growth Hormone
HCC	Hepatocellular Carcinoma
HCV	Hepatitis C Virus
H-SIL	High-grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions
IGF1, 2	Insulin-like Growth Factor 1, 2
IGF1R/2R	IGF1 Receptor type I/type II
INS	Insulin
INSR	INS Receptor
IHC	Immunohistochemistry
IL	Interleukin
LC	Lung Cancer
L-SIL	Low-grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions
mIGF1	“muscle” specific IGF1 (IGF1Ea isoform)
MIR-b	Mammalian Interspersed Repetitive-b Element
MAPK	Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase (originally called ERK)
MGF	Mechano-growth factor
MMP-9	Matrix Metalloproteinase 9
MSCs	Mesenchymal Stem Cells
NPY	Neuropeptide Y
PC	Prostate Cancer
PGE2	Prostaglandin E2
PI3K	Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase
PKA, B (AKT), C	Protein Kinase A, B (AKT), C
ROS	Reactive Oxygen Species
SCID	Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
SP1	Multiple Specificity Protein 1, a Transcription Factor
SRSF1	Serine-arginine Protein Splicing Factor-2/Alternate Splicing Factor
TNF-α	Tumor Necrosis Factor α
TNM	T—tumor; N—lymph nodes; M—metastasis
UTR	Untranslated Region
VEGF	Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
wt	wild type
ZEB1	Zinc Finger E-box-binding Homeobox 1