5-aza-dc-5-aza-20	deoxycytidine
4HPR	N-(4-hydroxyphenyl) retinamide
AC	Adenocarcinoma
AF	Activation function
AR	Androgen receptors
ARE	Androgen Responsive Elements
ATRA	All-trans retinoic acid
BA	Bile acid
BE	Barrett’s esophagus
BPDE	Benzo-[a]pyrene diol epoxide
CCM	Columnar cell metaplasia
CCK2	Cholecystokinin 2
CDDP	Cisplatin, cisplatinum, or cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II)
COUP TF	Chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factor
COX-2	Cyclooxygenase-2
CRBP-1	Cellular retinol-binding protein-1
CTD	C-terminal domain
Da-Ea	Ethyl acetate extract of D. altaica
DBD	DNA-binding domain
DDP	Diamminedichloroplatinum
DFS	Disease-free survival
DHT	Dihydrotestosterone
DNMT1	DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase1
DNMT3A	DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 3A
DPN	Diarylpropionitrile
E2	17β-estradiol
EAC	Esophageal adenocarcinoma
EC	Esophageal cancer
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
ER	Estrogen receptor
EREs	Estrogen response elements
ERK	Extracellular-signal regulated kinase
ERRs	Estrogen related receptors
ESCC	Esophageal squamous cell cancer
ESR	Estrogen receptor
FAK	Focal adhesion kinase
FBXO32	F-Box Protein 32
FDA	Food and drug administration
FGFR	Fibroblast growth factor receptors
FKBP5	FK506-binding protein 5
FU	Fluorouracil
FXR	Farnesoid X receptor
GCA	Gastric cardia adenocarcinoma
GERD	Gastroesophageal reflux disease
GRs	Glucocorticoid receptors
HGF	Hepatocyte growth factor
HMOX1	Heme Oxygenase 1
HREs	Hormone response elements
HSP90	Heat shock protein 90
IL-6	Interleukin-6
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinases
KLK3	Kallikrein Related Peptidase 3
LBD	Ligand binding domain
LCA	Lithocholic acid
LDH	Lactate dehydrogenase
LINE-1	Long Interspersed Element-1
LXRs	Liver X receptor
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinase
MPP	Methyl-piperidinopyrazole
MRTF	Master Regulator Transcription Factors
NCoR	Nuclear receptor corepressor
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa B
NNK	4-(N-methyl-N-nitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone
NQO	Nitroquinoline 1-oxide
NRs	Nuclear receptors
NR1H4	Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1 Group H Member 4
NR4A1	Nuclear receptor 4A1
NTD	N-terminal domain
OS	Overall survival
PAR	Pregnane-activated receptor
PCNA	Proliferating cell nuclear antigen
PG	Prostaglandin
PGC-1	PPAR coactivator-1
PHTPP	4-[2-Phenyl-5,7-bis(trifluoromethyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-3-yl]phenol
PLIN2	Perilipin 2
PPAR	Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor
PPRE	Peroxisome proliferator response element
PPT	1,3,5-tris(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-propyl-1H-pyrazole
PRs	Progesterone receptors
PXR	Pregnane X receptor
RA	Retinoic acid
RAR	Retinoic acid receptor
RAREs	Retinoic acid receptor elements
RRIG1	Retinoid receptor-induced gene-1
RXR	Retinoid X receptor
SERMs	Selective estrogen receptor modulators
SCC	Squamous cell carcinoma
SIRT1	Sirtulin 1
SMRT	Silencing mediator of retinoic acid and thyroid hormone receptor
STAT3	Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3
SXR	Steroid and xenobiotic receptor
TFs	Transcription factors
TGR5	Takeda G protein-coupled receptor 5
TIG1	Tazarotene-induced gene-1
TLRs	Toll-like receptors
TNM	Tumor nodes metastases
TR	Thyroid hormone receptor
TRO	Troglitazone
TZD	Thiazolidinedione
VDR	Vitamin D receptor
VDR	Vitamin D receptor elements
VEGFA	Vascular endothelial growth factor A
WNT5A	Wnt Family Member 5A