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. 2020 Dec 27;11(1):34. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11010034
3′UTR 3′ untranslated region
5-caC 5-carboxylcytosine
5-fC 5-formylcytosine
5-hMC 5-hydroxymethylcytosine
5-mC 5-methylcytosine
AID/APOBEC Activation- induced deaminase/apoplipoprotein B
ALKBH5 AlkB homolog 5
APC Adenomatous polyposis coli
ATM Ataxia-telangiectasia-mutated
BER Base excision repair
BRCA1 Breast cancer type I
CALML5 Calmodulin like 5
CCNA1 Cyclin-A1
CDKN2A Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitor 2A
CSC Cancer steam cell
CT Chemotherapy
ctDNA Circulating DNA
CTLA4 Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Associated Protein 4
DAPK Death-associated protein kinase
DNMT DNA methyltrasnferase
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
FAM135B Family with sequence similarity 135 member B
FTO FTO Alpha-ketoglutarate dependent dioxygenase
GLI1 GLI1 Family Zinc Finger 1
HAT Histone acetyltransferase
HDAC Histone deacetylase
HKMT Histone lysine methyltransferase
HMT Histone methyltransferase
HNSCC Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
HPV Human papilloma virus
hTERT Human telomerase reverse transcriptase
JMJD6 Jumonji domain containing 6
KDM Lysine specific demethylase
LINE-1 Long interspersed nuclear element 1
LSCC Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma
LY6D Lymphocyte antigen 6 family member D
m6A N6-methyladenosine
MEIOC Meiosis specific with coiled-coli domain
METTL Methyltransferase like
MGMT O-6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase
miRNA microRNA
MLH1 MutL homolog 1
ncRNA Non-coding RNA
NF-κB Nuclear transcription factor-κB
NPC Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
OSCC Oral squamous cell carcinoma
PADI4 Peptidyl arginine deiminase 4
piRNA PIWI-interacting RNA
Pl3K/Akt Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/threonine protein kinase B
PRMT Histone arginine methyltransferase
PROM1 Prominin 1
RASSF1 Ras association domain family member 1
RB Retinoblastoma
RBM15 RNA-binding motif protein 15
RISC RNA-induced silencing complex
RT Radiotherapy
SAM S-adenosylomethionine
SAT2 Spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase family member 2
siRNA Small interfering RNA
SMO smoothened
snoRNA Small nuclear RNA
STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TDG Thymine-DNA glycosylase
TET Tet-methylcytosine dioxygenase
TGF-β Transforming growth factor β
TIMP3 TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 3
TRBA TAR RNA binding protein
TSCC Tongue squamous cell carcinoma
TSG Tumor suppressor gene
WTAP WT1-associated protein
VIRMA Vir like m6A methyltransferase associated
YTH YT521-B homology domain
ZIC4 Zic family member 4
ZNF Zinc-finger protein