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. 2023 Apr 10;15(8):2229. doi: 10.3390/cancers15082229
CircRNAs circular RNAs
GI gastrointestinal
GC gastric cancer
HCC hepatocellular carcinoma
CRC colorectal cancer
EC esophageal cancer
PC pancreatic cancer
TCA tricarboxylic acid
NADH reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
FADH2 reduced flavin adenine dinucleotide 2
OXPHOS oxidative phosphorylation
ATP adenosine triphosphate
MiRNAs microRNAs
LncRNAs long non-coding RNAs
pre-mRNA precursor mRNA
GLUT1 glucose uptake and glucose transporter 1
HK hexokinase
PFK phosphofructokinase
PK pyruvate kinase
PKM2 pyruvate kinase M2
G6P glucose-6-phosphate
PPP pentose phosphate pathway
NADPH nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase
ROS reactive oxygen species
TME tumor microenvironment
MCT1 monocarboxylate transporter 1
TGF-β transforming growth factor β
TGF-β RI TGF-β receptor I
mTOR mammalian target of rapamycin
5-FU 5-fluorouracil
AMP adenosine monophosphate
AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase
LDHA lactate dehydrogenase A
HKDC1 hexokinase domain containing protein 1
STAT3 signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
HIF1 hypoxia inducible factor-1
HREs hypoxia-responsive elements
MCT4 monocarboxylate transporter 4
ENO1 enolase 1
IL-6 interleukin 6
PI3K phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
Akt protein kinase B
FOXM1 forkhead box protein M1
FOX forkhead box
GFs growth factors
GFR growth factor receptor
PIP2 phosphatidy-linositol-3,4-bisphosphate
PIP3 phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-bisphosphate
PDK phosphoinositide-dependent kinase
FHA forkhead-associated
shRNA short hairpin RNA
siRNA small interfering RNA
ASOs antisense oligonucleotides
EVs extracellular vesicles
SIRT1 sirtuin1