| 15-PGDH | 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase |
| ABCC4 | ATP binding cassette subfamily c member 4 |
| B2M | beta-2-microglobulin |
| CASP8 | caspase 8 |
| cDNA | complementary deoxyribonucleic acid |
| CEU | Utah residents with Northern and Western European ancestry |
| CI | confidence interval |
| CT | cycle threshold |
| CVC | cross-variation consistency |
| EM | expectation-maximization algorithm |
| FDR | false discovery rate |
| FFPE | formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded |
| GC | gastric cancer |
| GSTP1 | glutathione s-transferase pi 1 |
| GUSB | glucuronidase beta |
| HPGD | 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase |
| HPRT1 | hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1 |
| HWE | Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium |
| IPO8 | importin 8 |
| MDR | multifactor dimensionality reduction |
| mRNA | messenger ribonucleic acid |
| MRP4 | multidrug resistance protein 4 |
| MTX1 | metaxin 1 |
| MUC1 | mucin 1, cell surface-associated |
| OD | optical density |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| PGE2 | prostaglandin E2 |
| PGT | prostaglandin transporter |
| PKLR | pyruvate kinase L/R |
| PLCE1 | phospholipase C epsilon 1 |
| PPIA | peptidylprolyl isomerase A |
| PRKAA1 | protein kinase AMP-activated catalytic subunit alpha |
| PSCA | prostate stem cell antigen |
| PTGS2 | prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 |
| RPL29 | ribosomal protein L29 |
| RT | reverse transcription |
| SLCO2A1 | solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 2A1 |
| SPSS | statistical package for the social sciences |
| TGFBR2 | transforming growth factor-beta receptor 2 |
| TNF | tumor necrosis factor-alpha |