| PPI | protein–protein interaction |
| DEG | differentially expressed genes |
| ER | endoplasmic reticulum |
| ERAD | endoplasmic reticulum associated degradation |
| EMT | epithelial-mesenchymal transition |
| MAS | meiosis activating sterol |
| HMGCR | 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase |
| MVK | mevalonate kinase |
| PMVK | phosphomevalonate kinase |
| MVD | mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase |
| FDPS | (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate synthase |
| FDFT1 | farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase 1 |
| SQLE | squalene epoxidase |
| LSS | lanosterol synthase |
| DHCR24 | 24-dehydrocholesterol reductase |
| CYP51A1 | sterol 14-alpha-demethylase |
| TM7SF2 | delta(14)-sterol reductase |
| MSMO1 | methylsterol monooxygenase 1 |
| NSDHL | sterol-4alpha-carboxylate 3-dehydrogenase |
| HSD17B7 | 17-beta-estradiol 17-dehydrogenase |
| EBP | cholestenol delta-isomerase |
| SC5D | sterol-C5-desaturase |
| DHCR7 | 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase |
| ACC | adrenocortical carcinoma |
| BLCA | bladder urothelial carcinoma |
| BRCA | breast invasive carcinoma |
| CESC | cervical squamous cell carcinoma and endocervical adenocarcinoma |
| CHOL | cholangiocarcinoma |
| COAD | colon adenocarcinoma |
| DLBC | lymphoid neoplasm diffuse large B-cell lymphoma |
| ESCA | esophageal carcinoma |
| GBM | glioblastoma multiforme |
| HNSC | head and neck squamous cell carcinoma |
| KICH | kidney chromophobe renal cell carcinoma |
| KIRC | kidney renal clear cell carcinoma |
| KIRP | kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma |
| LAML | scute myeloid leukemia |
| LGG | brain lower grade glioma |
| LIHC | liver hepatocellular carcinoma |
| LUAD | lung adenocarcinoma |
| LUSC | lung squamous cell carcinoma |
| MESO | mesothelioma |
| OV | ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma |
| PAAD | pancreatic adenocarcinoma |
| PCPG | pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma |
| PRAD | prostate adenocarcinoma, |
| READ | rectum adenocarcinoma |
| SARC | sarcoma |
| SKCM | skin cutaneous melanoma |
| STAD | stomach adenocarcinoma |
| TGCT | testicular germ cell tumors |
| THCA | thyroid carcinoma |
| THYM | thymoma |
| UCEC | uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma |
| UCS | uterine carcinosarcoma |
| UVM | uveal melanoma |