ASCT-2	alanine, serine, and cysteine selective transporter-2
EMT	epithelial to mesenchymal transition
FAST	fusion-associated small transmembrane
GCIN	genomic/chromosomal instability
HERV	human endogenous retrovirus
HST	heterokaryon-to-synkaryon transition
HtrA4	high temperature requirement factor A 4
hESCs	human embryonic stem cells
hHSCs	human hematopoietic stem cells
HPV	human papillomavirus
ipSCs	induced pluripotent stem cells
LTR	long terminal repeat
MaLR	mammalian apparent LTR retrotransposon
MNGCs	multinuclear giant cells
MPMV	Mason-Pfizer monkey virus
NLR	NOD-like receptor
PGCC	polyploid giant cancer cells
PR	ploidy reduction
PRR	pathogen recognition receptor
STING	stimulator of interferon genes
TNF-α	tumor necrosis factor-α
TLR	Toll-like receptor
PEG10	paternally expressed gene 10
PS	phosphatidylserine