| AQP | Aquaporin |
| AQP3 | Aquaporin 3 |
| CAV1 | Caveolin 1 |
| CTC | Circulating tumor cell |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| EMT | Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition |
| ES | Enrichment score |
| FLNA | Filamin A |
| FLNB | Filamin B |
| FLNC | Filamin C |
| FMN2 | Formin 2 |
| FPKM | Fragments per kilobase of transcript per million mapped reads |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GSEA | Gene set enrichment analysis |
| MUC5B | Mucin 5B |
| NSCLC | Non-small cell lung cancers |
| PBS | Phosphate buffered saline |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| poly-HEMA | poly-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate |
| qRT-PCR | Quantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction |
| ROCK | Rho-associated protein kinases |
| RPMI | Roswell Park Memorial Institute |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscope |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscope |
| TGF-β | Transforming growth factor-β |
| USH1C | Usher Syndrome 1C |