| HPV | Human Papillomavirus |
| HNSCC | head and neck squamous cell carcinoma |
| pRb | Retinoblastoma protein |
| PCNA | proliferating cell nuclear antigen |
| TNFRSF14 | Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Receptor Superfamily Member 14 |
| TRAF1 | TNF Receptor Associated Factor 1 |
| TRAF2 | TNF Receptor Associated Factor 2 |
| BCL2 | B-cell lymphoma 2 apoptosis regulator |
| BIRC3 | Baculoviral Inhibitor of Apoptosis (IAP) Repeat Containing 3 |
| SYCP2 | Synaptonemal Complex Protein 2 |
| TAF7L | TATA-Box Binding Protein Associated Factor 7-Like |
| E6 | HPV early gene 6 |
| E7 | HPV early gene 7 |
| TP53/p53 | tumor suppressor gene/protein p53 |
| HPVN | HPV negative HNSCC |
| HPVP | HPV positive HNSCC |
| p16 | cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor |
| CCND1 | cyclin D1 |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| GDC | NCI Genomic Data Commons |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
| DGE | differential gene expression |
| DMA | differential methylation analysis |
| DMR | differential methylated regions |
| GPX2 | Glutathione peroxidase 2 |
| KRTDAP | Keratinocyte Differentiation Associated Protein |
| CRNN | Cornulin |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| ECM | extracellular matrix |
| PANTHER | protein annotation through evolutionary relationship |
| THPA | The Human Protein Atlas |
| TLR | Toll-like receptor |
| NLR | Nod-like receptor |
| NF-kβ | nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| ZFR2 | Zinc Finger RNA Binding Protein 2 |
| INHBA | Inhibin Subunit Beta A |