ALDH-1	Aldehyde dehydrogenase-1
CA 19-9	Carbohydrate antigen 19-9
CSCs	Cancer stem cells
CXCR4 00	CX-C chemokine receptor type 4
DMEM	Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium
EMT	Epithelial–mesenchymal transition
FBS	Fetal bovine serum
FoxM1	Forkhead box protein M1
HPDE	Human pancreatic ductal epithelial cell line
IDT	Integrated DNA Technologies
IPMN	Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm
KOs	Knockouts
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MDSCs	Myeloid-derived suppressor cells
miRs	microRNAs
mTOR	Mammalian target of rapamycin
nMDSCs	Neutrophil-like heterogeneous myeloid-derived suppressor cells
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
oncomiR	Oncogenic miR
PanIN	Pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia
PCa	Pancreatic cancer
PCSCs	Pancreatic cancer stem cells
PDAC	Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
PDCD4	Programmed cell death 4
PDGF	Platelet-derived growth factor
PI3K	Phosphoinositide-3-kinase
PNI	Perineural invasion
RPII	RNA polymerase 2
SD	Standard Deviation
SHH	Sonic Hedgehog
TNM	Tumor-Node-Metastasis
UTRs	Untranslated regions
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
ZEB1	Zinc Finger E-box binding homeobox 1