Abl	abelson murine leukemia viral oncogene homolog 1
AKT	protein kinase B
Ascl2	Achaete-scute Complex Homologue 2
BRAFV600E	B-Raf Proto-oncogene, Serine/Threonine Kinase
Cdc42	cell division control protein 42 homolog
c-Myc	avian myelocytomatosis virus oncogene cellular homolog.
CRC	colorectal cancer
CSC	cancer stem cells
CTCs	circulating tumor cells
Cyclin-D1
EGF	epidermal growth factor
EGFR	epidermal growth factor receptor
EMT	epithelial to mesenchymal transition
ERK	extracellular-signal-regulated kinase
ERK1/2	extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2
FACS	fluorescence-activated cell sorting
FAK	focal adhesion kinase
FGF4	fibroblast growth factor4
FGFR	fibroblast growth factor receptor
FYN	oncogene related to SRC, FGR, YES
GEFs	guanidine nucleotide exchange factors
GPRC5A	G-protein coupled receptor 5A
Grb7	growth factor receptor-bound protein 7
HNSCC	squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
IGF-1	Insulin-like-Growth-Factor-1
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinase
K-Ras	related RAS viral oncogene homolog
Krt20	cytokeratin 20
Lgr5	leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein coupled receptor 5
LMW-PTP	low molecular weight phosphotyrosine phosphatase
mAb	monoclonal antibody
MAPK	map kinase
MEK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
MET	mesenchymal to epithelial transition
mTOR	mechanistic target of rapamycin
N-Ras	related RAS Viral (R-Ras) oncogene homolog
PDGF	platelet-derived growth factor-beta
PDGFR	platelet-derived growth factor-beta receptor
PI3K	phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PIKFYVE	Phosphoinositide Kinase, FYVE-Type Zinc Finger Containing
PKA	protein Kinase A
PKC	protein Kinase C
PTEN	Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog
PYK	proline-rich protein tyrosine kinase 2
Rac1	ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1
Ras-GAP	Ras-GTPase-activating protein
RET (RET/PTC)	REarranged during Transfection
Rho-GEFs	Rho Guanidine nucleotide Exchange Factors
Rho-GTP	Rho family of small GTP-binding proteins
RSK	ribosomal protein S6 kinase
siRNAs	antisense oligonucleotides
Src	proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase
TCF	T-cell factor
TCF4	T-cell factor 4
TKI	tyrosine kinase inhibitors
TKR	tyrosine kinase receptor
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor
xCT	cystine/glutamate exchange transporter