CSCs	Cancer stem cells
TICs	Tumour initiating cells
LncRNA	Long noncoding RNA
TME	Tumour microenvironment
NOD/SCID	Nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficient mice model
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
AML	Acute myeloid leukaemia
ABC	ATP-binding cassette transporter
SP	Side population
T-ALL	T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
MTS	Multicellular tumour spheroid
RA (ATRA)	All-trans retinoic acid
ALDH1	Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinase
PI3K/AKT pathway	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
ESA	Epithelial-specific antigen
CD	Cluster of differentiation
EPCAM	Epithelial cell adhesion molecule
BCSCs	Breast cancer stem cells
UPS	Ubiquitin proteasome system
ATGs	Autophagy-related proteins
EMT	Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
3-MA	3-methyladenine
HIF-1α	Hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha
DRP1	Dynamin-related protein 1
KMT2C	Lysine (K)-specific methyltransferase 2C
LTR	Long terminal repeat
5-FU	5-fluorouracil
STAT3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
CML	Chronic myelogenous leukaemia
TFs	Transcription factors
LSCs	Leukaemic stem cells
TKI	Tyrosine Kinase inhibitor
DNMT3A	DNA methyltransferase 3A
HDAC1	Histone deacetylase 1
ALL	Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
IL-6	Interleukin 6