| ABC | ATP-Binding Cassette |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| ABCB1 | ABC B subfamily member 1/P-glycoprotein |
| ABCC1 | ABC C subfamily member 1/Multidrug resistance protein 1 |
| ABCC4 | ABC C subfamily member 4/Multidrug resistance protein 4 |
| ABCG2 | ABC G subfamily member 2/Breast cancer resistance protein |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| cAMP | cyclic adenosine monophosphate |
| cGMP | cyclic guanosine monophosphate |
| DMSO | dimethylsulfoxide |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunoadsorbant assay |
| MCF-7 | Michigan cancer foundation 7 cell line |
| LPI | Lysophosphatidyl inositol |
| MDA-MB-231 | M.D. Anderson metastatic breast cancer cell line |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| mRNA | messenger RNA |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| PGE2 | prostaglandin E2 |
| PVDF | Polyvinylidene difluoride |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| RT-qPCR | Reverse transcription quantitative PCR |
| sem | Standard error of the mean |
| S1P | sphingosine 1 phosphate |
| siRNA | small interfering RNA |
| SDS-PAGE | SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SYBR green | N′,N′-dimethyl-N-[4-[(E)-(3-methyl-1,3-benzothiazol-2-ylidene)methyl]-1-phenylquinolin-1-ium-2-yl]-N-propylpropane-1,3-diamine |