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. 2025 Apr 15;14(4):471. doi: 10.3390/antiox14040471
ADP Adenosine diphosphate
AGEs Advanced glycation end products
AHCY Adenosylhomocysteinase
AMD Adenosylmethionine decarboxylase
AP-1 Activator protein-1
ARE Antioxidant response element
ATF6 Activating transcription factor 6
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
BCL2 B-cell lymphoma 2
BH4 Tetrahydrobiopterin
BHMT Betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase
CAT Catalase
CAT-1 Cationic amino acid transporter 1
CBS Cystathionine-beta-synthase
CDO Cysteine dioxygenase
C-FOS c-Fos proto-oncogene
CGL Cystathionine-gamma-lyase
C-JUN c-Jun proto-oncogene
CO3•− Carbonate radical
CoQ Ubiquinone
CoQH2 Reduced coenzyme Q (ubiquinol)
COX Cyclooxygenase
Cul3 Cullin 3
Cyt.C Cytochrome C
DHAA Dehydroascorbate
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
eNOS Endothelial nitric oxide synthase
ER Endoplasmic reticulum
ERK Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
ETC Electron transport chain
FADH2 Flavin adenine dinucleotide
FFAs Free fatty acids
FKBP FK506 binding proteins
FoxO Forkhead box O
GC Glucocorticoids
GCH1 GTP cyclohydrolase I
GCL Glutamine cysteine ligase
GPx Glutathione peroxidase
GR Glutathione reductase
GREs Glucocorticoid response elements
Grx Glutaredoxin
GSH Reduced glutathione
GS Glutamine synthetase
GSS Glutathione synthetase
GSSG Oxidized glutathione
GST Glutathione S-transferase
H+ Hydrogen ion
HCO3 Bicarbonate ion
HO Hydroxyl radical
H2O2 Hydrogen peroxide
HS Heat stress
HSC Heat shock cognate
HSE Heat shock element
HSF Heat shock factor
HSP Heat shock protein
IκB Inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa B
IL-8 Interleukin-8
IL-18 Interleukin-18
iNOS Inducible nitric oxide synthase
IP3R Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors
IRE1 Inositol requiring 1 protein
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinase
Keap1 Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1
LOO Lipid peroxyl radical
LOX Lipoxygenase
MAMs Mitochondria-associated ER membranes
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MAPKK MAPK kinase
MAPKKK MAPK kinase kinase
MAT Methionine adenosyl transferase
MDA Malondialdehyde
MKP Mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase
mPTP Mitochondrial permeability transition pore
MT Methyl transferase
MTAP Methylthioadenosine phosphorylase
MTR Methylthioribose
NADH Nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide
NADPH Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NO Nitric oxide radical
NO2 Nitrogen dioxide radical
NOS Nitric oxide synthase
nNOS Neuronal nitric oxide synthase
NOX NADPH oxidase
Nrf2 Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
O2•− Superoxide radical
ODC Ornithine decarboxylase
8-OHdG 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine
ONOO Peroxynitrite
p62 Sequestosome-1
PC Protein carbonyl
PDI Protein disulfide isomerase
PERK PKR-like ER kinase
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PPP Pentose phosphate pathway
PrDx Peroxiredoxin
ROO Peroxyl radical
RNS Reactive nitrogen species
ROS Reactive oxygen species
RyR Ryanodine receptors
SAH S-adenosyl-homocysteine
SAM S-adenosyl-methionine
SDA Semidehydroascorbate
SIRT3 Sirtuin 3
sMaf small Maf protein
SOD Superoxide dismutase
TAC Total antioxidant capacity
THF Tetra-hydrofolate
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor-alpha
Trx Thioredoxin
TrxR Thioredoxin reductase
Ub Ubiquitin
UCP Uncoupling proteins
UPR Unfolded protein response
UPS Ubiquitin–proteasome system
XO Xanthine oxidase