| AAD | Allergic airway disease |
| AD | Atopic dermatitis |
| AP1 | Activator protein 1 |
| APC | Antigen-presenting cells |
| aPKC | Atypical protein kinase |
| ATO | Arsenic trioxide |
| BCC | Basal cell carcinoma |
| BRD4 | Bromodomain-containing protein 4 |
| CAF | Cancer-associated fibroblasts |
| CA-MSC | Cancer-associated mesenchymal stem cells |
| CK1 | Casein kinase 1 |
| CTL | Cytotoxic T lymphocytes |
| DC | Dendritic cells |
| EMT | Epithelial-mesenchymal transition |
| EWS/FLI1 | Ewing sarcoma/Friend leukemia integration 1 |
| FAO | Fatty acid oxidation |
| GLIACT | GLI activator |
| GLIFL | GLI full length |
| GLIR | GLI repressor |
| GPCR | G-protein coupled receptor |
| GSK3β | Glycogen synthase kinase 3β |
| HCC | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
| HDAC1 | Histone deacetylase 1 |
| HH | Hedgehog |
| ICI | Immune checkpoint inhibitor |
| KLF4 | Kruppel-like factor 4 |
| MD | Medulloblastoma |
| MDSC | Myeloid-derived suppressor cells |
| MHC | Histocompatibility complex |
| myCAF | Myofibroblastic cancer-associated fibroblasts |
| iCAF | Inflammatory cancer-associated fibroblasts |
| NFAT | Nuclear factor of activated T cells |
| NF-kB | Nuclear factor kB |
| NK | Natural killer cells |
| OXPHOS | Oxidative phosphorylation |
| PC | Primary cilium |
| PDA | Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma |
| PD1 | Programmed death receptor-1 |
| PDL1 | Programmed death-ligand 1 |
| PKA | Protein kinase A |
| PTCH | Patched |
| SHH | Sonic Hedgehog |
| SMO | Smoothened |
| SMOi | Smoothened inhibitor |
| STAT | Signal transducer and activator of transcription |
| SUFU | Suppressor of Fused |
| TAM | Tumor-associated macrophages |
| TCR | T cell receptor |
| TGFβ | Transforming growth factor β |
| TME | Tumor microenvironment |
| TRCP | Transducing repeat-containing protein |
| Treg | T regulatory cells |
| UDP-GlcNAc | Uridine diphosphate-N-acetylglucosamine |