ADH4	Alcohol dehydrogenase 4
ADH6	Alcohol dehydrogenase 6
AKRs	Aldo-keto reductases
AKR1C3	Human aldo-keto reductase family 1 member C3
BE	Barrett’s esophagus
BSO	L-Buthionine-S,R-sulfoximine
ChIP	Chromatin immunoprecipitation
CXCR4	C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 4
EAC	Esophageal adenocarcinoma
EC	Esophageal cancer
EMT	Epithelial–mesenchymal transition
ESCC	Esophageal squamous cancer cell
FBS	Fetal bovine serum
5-FU	5-Fluorouracil
GEO	Gene Expression Omnibus
GSEA	Gene set enrichment analysis
GSH	Glutathione
H2O2	Hydrogen peroxide
IRS-1	Insulin receptor substrate protein 1
PFA	Paraformaldehyde
PKB	Protein kinase B
PTEN	Phosphatase and tensin homolog
PTPs	Protein tyrosine phosphatases
NAC	N-acetyl cysteine
NADPH	Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NOXs	NADPH oxidases
MTT	3-(4,5-Dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2-H-tetrazolium bromide
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
shRNA	Short hairpin RNA
SNAIL1	Snail family transcriptional repressor 1
TCGA	The Cancer Genome Atlas
TSS	Transcription start site
UGT1A6	UDP glucuronosyltransferase family 1 member A6
ZEB-1	Zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox 1