ZO	zonula occludens
TAMP	tight junction-associated MARVEL proteins
AJAP1	Adherens junctions-associated protein-1
Cdh23	cadherin-23
circAMOTL1L	angiomotin-like 1-derived circRNA
CTC	circulating tumour cells
Cx	connexin
DSC	desmocollin
DSG	desmoglein
DSP	desmoplakin
EGFR	epidermal growth factor receptor
EMT	epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
ER	endoplasmic reticulum
ESCC	Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma
EVPL	envoplakin
GSK-3β	glycogen synthase kinase-3β
GUK	guanylate kinase
HDACs	histone deacetylases
HSP70RY	heat shock 70kD protein 4
JAMs	junction adhesion molecules
LPS	lipopolysaccharide
miR-25	microRNA25
Nm23H1	non-metastatic protein 23-H1
PCDH10	protocadherin 10
PDZ	PSD95, DlgA and ZO-1
PG	plakoglobin
PG	plakoglobin
Pkp	plakophilin
RBM25	RNA Binding Motif Protein 25
SCC	squamous cell carcinoma
SH3	SRC homology 3
TOPK	T-LAK cell-originated protein kinase
UPR	unfolded protein response
ZNF185	zinc finger protein 185
ZONAB	ZO-1-associated nucleic acid binding protein