| COSMIC | Catalog of somatic mutations in cancer |
| DAPI | 4′,6-Diamidino-2-Phenylindole |
| DEGs | Differentially expressed genes |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| EMT | Epithelial-mesenchymal transition |
| EBV | Epstein-Barr virus |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| GO | Gene ontology |
| ICGC | International Cancer Genome Consortium |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| NPC | Nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
| PPI | Protein-protein interaction |
| SEM | Stand error of mean |
| TRITC | Tetramethylrhodamine-isothiocyanate |
| TPA | 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate |