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. 2025 Aug 14;15(8):1165. doi: 10.3390/biom15081165
5-ASA 5-amino salicylic acid
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
FexD Fexaramine D
OCA Obeticholic acid
T-βMCA Tauro-β-muricholic acid
FXR Farnesoid X receptor
M3R Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M3
LCA Lithocholic acid
BAs Bile acids
MFB Metformin-butyrate
ROS Reactive oxygen species
MAMPs Microorganism-associated molecular patterns 
TLRs Toll-like receptors
TLRs Through Toll-like receptors
EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
CRC Colon cancer
LPS Lipopolysaccharide 
DCA Deoxycholic acid
CSCs Cancer stem-like cells
ERK Extracellular regulated protein kinases
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase
AKT Protein kinase B
VE-PTP Vascular endothelial protein tyrosine phosphatase
AJs Adhesion junctions
(VE)-cadherin Vascular endothelial 
TWIST1 Twist-related protein 1 
EPHA2 Ephrin type-A receptor 2 
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor 
MMPs Matrix metalloproteinases 
TGFB Growth factor beta 1
FMO1 Flavin-containing monooxygenase
TMA Trimethylamine
cutC/D Choline TMA-lyase 
CntA/B L-carnitine oxygenase
SCFAs Short-chain fatty acids
TMAO Trimethylamine N-oxide
GM Gut microbiota