| aTGF-β | autocrine Transforming Growth Factor-β |
| BLBC | Basal-like Breast Cancer |
| BC | Breast Cancer |
| CAF | Cancer-Associated Fibroblast |
| CRC | Colorectal Carcinoma |
| CSC | Cancer Stem Cell |
| EAC | Esophageal Adenocarcinoma |
| ECM | Extracellular Matrix |
| EHT | Endothelial-Hematopoietic Transition |
| GBM | Glioblastoma Multiforme |
| GIC | Glioma-Initiating Cell |
| HCC | Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
| HMEC | Human Mammary Epithelial Cell |
| HPC | Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell |
| HSC | Hematopoietic Stem Cell |
| MAPK | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase |
| MET | Mesenchymal-Epithelial Transition |
| NSCLC | Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer |
| p-EMT | Partial-Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition |
| PDAC | Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma |
| OIS | Oncogene-Induced Senescence |
| TβR | TGF-β Receptor |
| TME | Tumor Microenvironment |
| TNBC | Triple-Negative Breast Cancer |