WHO	World Health Organization
CRC	Colorectal cancer
EMT	epithelial-mesenchymal transition
MET	mesenchymal-epithelial transition
TGF-β	transforming growth factor-β
Smad	drosophila mothers against decapentaplegic
Wnt	Wingless-type
E-cadherin	epithelial cadherin
STAT3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
NF-κB	Notch and nuclear factor-κB
PI3K	phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
AKT	protein kinase B
mTOR	mammalian target of rapamycin
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
FAK	Focal Adhesion Kinase
EGF	epidermal growth factor
FGF	Fibroblast Growth Factor
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor
ZEB	zinc-finger E-box-binding
c-Met	c-Mesenchymal-epithelial transition factor
ERK	extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase
miR	micro RNA
let-7a	let-7amimics
HDACs	histone deacetylases
RKIP	raf kinase inhibitory protein
DKK1	Dickkopf-1
PSK	polysaccharide-K
LHPP	Phospholysine phosphohistidine inorganic pyrophosphate phos phatase