| BIRC5 | Baculoviral IAP Repeat Containing 5 |
| CXCR4 | C-X-C Motif Chemokine Receptor 4 |
| EOMES | Eomesodermin |
| BDNF | Brain derived Neurotrophic Factor |
| HLA-A | Human Leukocyte Antigen A |
| DMRs | Differentially methylated regions |
| PECAM1 | Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 |
| GBM | Glioblastoma Multiform |
| CSCs | Cancer Stem Cells |
| GSCs | Glioblastoma Stem Cells |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| CGGA | Chinese Glioma Genome Atlas |
| SDF-1 | Stromal Cell-Derived Factor |
| Sox-2 | SRY (Sex Determining Region Y)-Box 2 |
| Oct-4 | Octamer-Binding Transcription Factor 4 |
| HIF | Hypoxia Inducible Factor |
| JAK | Janus Kinase |
| Stat | Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription |
| VEGF | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase |
| EGFR | Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor |
| IGF | Insulin-like Growth Factor |
| mTOR | Mammalian Target of Rapamycin |
| DOCK2 | Dedicator Of Cytokinesis 2 |
| CELSR1 | Cadherin EGF LAG Seven-Pass G-Type Receptor 1 |
| KDF-1 | Keratinocyte Differentiation Factor 1 |
| PTGDR | Prostaglandin D₂ receptor |
| GDF7 | Growth Differentiation Factor 7 |
| NF-ĸB | Nuclear Factor Kap-pa-Light-Chain-Enhancer of Activated B Cells |
| TGF-β | transforming growth factor-β |
| L1CAM | L1 Cell Adhesion Molecule |
| SALL4 | Sal-like protein 4 |
| OLIG2 | Oligodendrocyte Transcription Factor 2 |
| GFAP | Glial fibrillary acidic protein |
| KLF4 | Kruppel-like factor 4 |
| IL | Interleukin |
| ALDH | Aldehyde dehydrogenase |
| IFN | Interferon |
| ITG | Integrin |
| PTPN | Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Non-Receptor |
| CTNNB1 | Catenin beta-1 |
| PTPRC | Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Receptor Type C |
| PD-L1 | Programmed death-ligand 1 |
| TNF | Tumour necrosis factor |
| DC | Dendritic Cells |
| NK cells | Natural Killer cells |
| TH1 | Type 1 T helper |