| ALDH | aldehyde dehydrogenase |
| DEAB | diethylaminobenzaldehyde |
| DMSO | dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DSB | double strand break |
| DSF | disulfiram |
| FABP7 | fatty acid-binding protein-7 |
| FBS | fetal bovine serum |
| MGMT | O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase |
| MMR | mismatch repair system |
| MSI1 | musashi-1 |
| NSC | complete Neurocult stem cell medium |
| p | error probability |
| PROM1 | prominin 1 (CD133) |
| (p)GSC | (primary cultures of) glioblastoma stem (cell-like) cells |
| TMZ | temozolomide |