ACE2	angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
ADAM17	a disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain-containing protein 17
AJ	adherens junction
A427	Cellosaurus A-427 (CVCL_1055)
A549	human alveolar epithelial cells
BSA	bovine serum albumin
CD9	cluster differentiation protein 9
DAPI	4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindol
D-PBS	Dulbecco’s phosphate buffered saline
DTT	dithiothreitol
DMEM	Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium
ECL	enhanced chemiluminescence
E-cadherin	epithelial cadherin
EDTA	ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
FBS	fetal bovine serum
GFP	green fluorescent protein
GEO	Gene Expression Omnibus
HaCaT	cultured human keratinocytes
Hap1	near-haploid human cell line derived from the male chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) cell line KBM-7
HRP	horseradish peroxidase
H1299	human non-small cell lung carcinoma cell line derived from lymph node
IB	immunoblot
IF	immunofluorescence
kDa	kilodaltons
KO	knock-out
mCCD	mouse cortical collecting duct cells
MDA-MB-231	M.D. Anderson Metastasis Breast cancer line 231
MDCK	Madin-Darby canine kidney cells
MCF-7	Michigan Cancer Foundation-7
NEAA	non-essential amino acids
PBS	phosphate buffered saline
PAGE	polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
PDZdomain	Psd95-Dlg1-ZO-1 domain
PDZD11	PDZ domain-containing protein 11
RT	room temperature
SD	standard deviation
SDS	sodium dodecyl sulphate
ZA	zonula adhaerens
ZO-1	zonula occludens-1