| AB | Antibody |
| CTGF | Connective Tissue Growth Factor |
| C39 | C. elegans miR-39 |
| EMT | Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition |
| ESCC | Esophageal Squamous-Cell Cancer |
| EV | Extracellular Vesicle |
| GM | Ground Module |
| FM | Flight Module |
| FTC | Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma |
| ILV | Intraluminal Vesicle |
| MVBs | Multivesicular Bodies |
| ITGA3 | Integrin α3β1 |
| MTC | Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma |
| NTA | Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis |
| ON | Overnight |
| PTC | Papillary Thyroid Cancer |
| RISC | RNA-induced Silencing Complex |
| ROCK1 | Rho-associated Coiled Coil-containing Protein Kinase 1 |
| RPM | Random Positioning Machine |
| RQ | Relative Quantification |
| RT | Room Temperature |
| r-μg | Real Microgravity |
| s-μg | Simulated Microgravity |
| SEC | Size Exclusion Chromatography |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| SP-IRIS | Single-Particle Interferometric Reflectance Imaging Sensor |
| TAM | Tumor Associated Macrophage |
| TME | Tumor Microenvironment |
| TNBC | Triple-negative Breast Cancer |
| ZEB1 | Zinc Finger E-box-binding Homeobox 1 |