ATA	American Thyroid Association
ACR	American College of Radiology
ACCP	Amorphous carbonated calcium phosphate
ALP	Alkaline phosphatase
BSP	Bone sialoprotein
CA	Carbonated calcium apatite
Cbfa 1	Core binding factor-1
CCL	Chemokine ligand
CD44	Cluster of differentiation 44
CPPD	Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate
CT	Computed tomography
DC	Dystrophic calcification
DSVPTC	Diffuse sclerosing variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma
ECM	Extracellular matrix
EMT	Epithelial–mesenchymal transition
EV	Extracellular vesicles
FNA	Fine needle aspiration
FTC	Follicular thyroid cancer
FVPTC	Follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma
Gal-3	Galectin-3
HA	Hydroxyapatite
HOXA9	Homeobox family A9
IgG	Immunoglobulin G
iNOS	Nitric oxid synthase
LCNEC	Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma
LPV	Leucine/proline/valine
M1	Macrophage type 1
MAPK/ERK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase/ extracellular-signal-regulated kinase
M-CSF	Monocyte colony stimulating factor
MMP	Metalloproteinase
MTC	Medullary thyroid carcinoma
MV	Matrix vesicles
MVFPTC	Macrofollicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma
MRI	Magnetic resonance imaging
mRNA	Messenger ribonucleic acid
OCN	Osteocalcin
OPN	Osteopontin
OPN-SV	Osteopontin splice variants
PB	Psammoma bodies
PTC	Papillary thyroid carcinoma
PTM	Post-translational modification
RGD	Arginine/glycine/aspartate
Runx-2	Runt-related transcription factor-2
SIBLING	Small integrin-binding ligand N-linked glycoprotein
SNAI	Snail family transcriptional repressor
SPP1	Secreted phosphoprotein 1
SVVYGLR	Serine/valine/valine/tyrosine/glutamic acid/leucine/arginine
SPARC	Secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine
TAM	Tumor-associated macrophage
TF	Transcription factor
TN	Thyroid nodule
TNF	Tumor necrosis factor
TIRADS	Thyroid Image Reporting And Data System
TWIST	Twist-related protein
US	Ultrasound
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor