| AGO | Argonaute |
| ARTN | Artemin |
| Caprin-1 | cytoplasmic activation/proliferation-associated protein-1 |
| DGCR8 | DiGeorge syndrome critical region gene 8 |
| FOXO | Forkhead box protein O |
| HCC | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
| HGSOC | high-grade serous ovarian cancer |
| IGF-1R | Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor |
| IARC | International agency for research on cancer |
| miRNAs | microRNAs |
| mRNA | messenger RNA |
| miR-223 | microRNA-223 |
| MDSCs | Myeloid-derived suppressor cells |
| pre-miRNAs | miRNA precursors |
| RISC | RNA-induced silencing complex |
| SOX | sex determining region Y-box 11 |
| STM1 | Stathmin1 |
| UTR | Untranslated region |