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. 2025 May 11;17(10):1625. doi: 10.3390/cancers17101625
AKT protein kinase B
ALP alkaline phosphatase
APC antigen-presenting cell
CAM chicken embryo vascular membrane
CD cyclodextrin
COX-2 cyclooxygenase-2
CTLA-4 cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated protein 4
DCT dopachrome tautomerase
DMAP dimethylaminopyridine
DMAPP dimethylallyl diphosphate
DMBA 7,12-dimethylbenzanthracene
EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor
ERK 1/2 extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2
GPCRs G protein-coupled receptors
GTP guanosine-5′-triphosphate
HO-1 heme-oxygenase 1
HPGCD 2-hydroxypropyl-γ-cyclodextrin
INOS inducible nitric oxide synthase
IPP isopentenyl diphosphate
LDH lactate dehydrogenase
LD50 lethal dose 50
MAPK mitogen-activated protein kinase
MEB 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate
MEK 1/2 mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1/2
MITF microphthalmia-associated transcription factor
mTOR mechanistic target of rapamycin kinase
MTT 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium
MPT mitochondrial permeability transition
MVA mevalonate
NF-κB nuclear factor-kappa B
NG naringenin
NMSCs non-melanoma skin cancers
NO nitric oxide
OA oleanolic acid
PD-1 programmed cell death protein 1
PDK1 phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1
PD-L1 programmed cell death ligand
p-ERK phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase
PI3K phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PIP2 phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate
PIP3 phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate
p-IκBα phospho-inhibitor of nuclear factor-κBα
p–NF–κB phospho-nuclear factor-κB
PTEN phosphatase and tensin homolog
PU polyurethane
ROS reactive form of oxygen
RTK receptor tyrosine kinases
SGOT serum glutamicoxaloacetic transaminase
tBHP tert-butyl hydroperoxide
TGFβ transforming growth factor-beta
TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases 1 and 2
TPA 12-tetradedecumiforbol
TYR tyrosinase
TYRP1 tyrosinase-related protein 1
UA ursolic acid
UAA 3-O-acetylursolic acid
UV ultraviolet
VCR vincristine