| CD44s | Standard isoform of CD44 having no variant exons |
| CD44v | CD44 splice variant |
| CD44v6 | variant 6 of CD44 |
| v6 | CD44v6 |
| sh | shRNA |
| v6 Mu1 | v6 knockout Mu1 |
| v6 Mu2 | v6 knockout Mu2 |
| YB-1 Mu3 | YB-1 knockout Mu3 |
| YB-1 Mu4 | YB-1 knockout Mu4 |
| CIC | Cancer initiating cell |
| CRC | Colorectal cancer |
| 5-FU | 5-Fluorouracil |
| OXA | Oxaliplatin |
| FOLFOX | 5-FU pls OXA plus leucovorin |
| ALDH1 | Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 |
| MDR1 | Multidrug-resistance protein 1 |
| IP | Immunoprecipitation |
| YB-1 | Y-box binding protein-1 |
| WB | Western blotting |
| SQ | Subcutaneous |
| CTOS | c-Myc, TWIST1, OCT4, and SOX2 |
| TF | Transcription Factors |