3'-UTR	3' -untranslated region
AIG	Anchoring independent growth
AREs	Adenylate/uridylate-rich elements
BC	Breast cancer
ceRNA	competing endogenous RNA
circRNA	circular RNA
CRC	Colorectal cancer
DFS	Disease-free survival
EMT	Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
ESCC	Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
FasL	Fas ligand
GC	Gastric cancer
HCC	Hepatocellular carcinoma
IDD	Intervertebral disk degeneration
IOT	Immature ovarian teratocarcinoma
LAC	Lung adenocarcinoma
lncRNA	Long non-coding RNA
miRNA	microRNA
MM	Multiple myeloma
mRNA	messenger RNA
ncRNA	non-coding RNA
NP	Nucleus pulposus
NPC	Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
NSCLC	Non-small cell lung carcinoma
OS	Overall survival
PTC	Papillary thyroid cancer
RB	Retinoblastoma
RBP	RNA-binding protein
RISC	RNA-induced silencing complex
SaOS	Osteosarcoma
TNM	Tumor-node-metastasis