HNC	Head and neck cancer
EVs	Extracellular Vesicles
EPs	Extracellular Particles
SCC	Squamous Cell Carcinoma
EMT	Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition
MMP	Matrix Metalloproteinases
NPC	Nasopharyngeal Cancer
LMP1	Latent Membrane Protein 1
EBV	Epstein–Barr virus
HIF1α	Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha
EGFR	Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
HSP	Heat Shock Protein
PTEN	Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog
PD-L1	Programmed Death-1
PD-1	Programmed Death-Ligand 1
MDSC	Myeloid-Derived Stem Cells
HPV	Human Papillomavirus
DC	Dendritic Cell
EPHB2	Ephrin type B receptor 2
STAT	Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription
VEGF	Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
CAFs	Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts
TAMs	Tumor-Associated Macrophages
HPLFs	Human Periodontal Ligament Fibroblasts
SOCS1	Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 1
PTEN	Phosphatase Tensin Homolog
PDCD4	Programmed Cell Death Factor 4
FOXO3a	Forkhead Box Protein O3
CSC	Cancer Stem Cell
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
mTOR	Mammalian Target of Rapamycin
OSCC	Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
CTC	Circulating Tumor Cell
cfDNA	Cell-free DNA
mtDNA	Mitochondrial DNA
dsDNA	Double-stranded DNA
ssDNA	Single-stranded DNA
miRNA	MicroRNA
lncRNA	Long Noncoding RNA
circRNA	Circular RNA
CYPA	Cyclophilin A
VCA-IgA	Viral Capsid Antigen IgA
ESCRT	Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport
CRISPR	Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
HER2	Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2
siRNA	Small Interfering RNA
OPMD	Oral Potentially Malignant Disorder
CTLs	Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes