| BMT | bone marrow transplantation |
| CAFs | cancer-associated fibroblasts |
| CSCs | cancer stem cells |
| CSCN | cancer stem cell niche |
| ESCRT | endosomal sorting complex required for transport |
| EVs | extracellular vesicles |
| HuVECs | human umbilical vein endothelial cells |
| miR | microRNA |
| MSC (BM-) (AD-) (UC-) | mesenchymal stroma-/stem-like cells (bone marrow-) (adipose tissue-derived) (umbilical cord) |
| NTA | nano tracking analysis |
| TME | tumor microenvironment |