ADAM17	ADAM metallopeptidase 17
AP-1	activator protein 1
ATC	anaplastic thyroid cancer
BAA	bead aggregation assays
CAM	cell adhesion molecule
CD	carboxyl-terminal domain
CSC	cancer stem cells
CTC	circulating tumor cells
CTE	congenital tufting enteropathy
CTSL	cathepsins L
DTCs	disseminated tumor cells
ECM	extracellular matrix
EGFR	epidermal growth factor receptor
ERK	extracellular signal-regulated kinases
EpCAM	epithelial cell adhesion molecular
EpEX	EpCAM extracellular domain
EpICD	EpCAM intracellular domain
FHL2	four-and-a-half LIM domains 2
FILM-FRET	fluorescence-lifetime imaging based Förster resonance energy transfer
EMT	epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
JMJD2D	histone lysine demethylase 4D
kb	kilobases
kD	kilodalton
LC	Langerhans cells
LEF1	lymphoid enhancer binder factor 1
MET	mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition (MET)
MMPs	matrix metallopeptidases
ND	N-terminal domain
nPKC	novel protein kinase C
OCT4	octamer-binding transcription factor 4
PDTC	poorly differentiated thyroid cancer
PSEN2	presenilin 2
RIP	regulated intramembrane proteolysis
shRNA	short-hairpin RNA
SAXS	small angle X-ray scattering
SP	signal peptide
TACE	tumor necrosis factor-α-converting enzyme
TCF4	transcription factor 4
TGF-β1	transforming growth factor- β1
TNBC	triple negative breast cancer
TM	transmembrane
TY-1	type-1 thyroglobulin
ZO-1	zona occludens-1