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. 2022 Oct 7;14(19):4903. doi: 10.3390/cancers14194903
3D 3-dimensional
aSMA alpha smooth muscle actin
BM basement membrane
CAF cancer-associated fibroblast
ECM extracellular matrix
EDA-Fn EDA domain containing fibronectin
EDB-Fn EDB domain containing fibronectin
EGF epidermal growth factor
EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor
EMT Epithelial–mesenchymal transition
Fn fibronectin
FNIII fibronectin type III-like repeats
HD hemidesmosome
HNSCC head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Ln laminin
Ln332 laminin 332
Ln5 laminin 5
Lng2 laminin gamma 2 chain
MMP matrix metalloproteinase
mRNA messenger RNA
myCAF cancer-associated fibroblast with a myofibroblast phenotype
oncf oncofetal
oncfECM oncofetal extracellular matrix
oncfFn oncofetal fibronectin
oncfTn-C oncofetal tenascin-C
OSCC oral squamous cell carcinoma
RNA ribonucleic acid
TGFβ1 transforming growth factor beta 1
TIMP tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases
TME tumor microenvironment
Tn-C tenascin-C