| PE | Preeclampsia |
| BCL6 | B-cell lymphoma |
| siRNA | small interfering RNA |
| FA | Focal adhesion |
| FAK | Focal adhesion kinase |
| vCTB | villous trophoblastic cells |
| EVTs | extravillous trophoblasts |
| STBs | syncytiotrophoblasts |
| HIPEC | HIPEC-65 |
| HTR | HTR-8/SVneo |
| PI3K | phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| Akt | Proteinkinasen B (PKBα/β/γ) |
| Erk1/2 | extracellular regulated kinase 1/2 |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| STAT3 | signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 |
| PAK1 | p21 RAC1 activated kinase 1 |
| ACTG1 | actin gamma |
| MYLK | myosin light chain kinase |
| CAV1 | caveolin 1 |
| MMP2 | matrix metalloproteinase-2 |
| CDH1 | epithelial cadherin |
| SSH1 | protein phosphatase Slingshot homolog 1 |
| RPS6KA | ribosomal protein S6 kinase alpha-1 |
| DUSP16 | dual specificity protein phosphatase 16 |