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. 2025 Aug 11;26(16):7743. doi: 10.3390/ijms26167743
iPolyP Inorganic polyphosphate
CRC Colorectal cancer
TRPM8 Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 8
EMT Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
IL-1β Interleukin-1β
TME Tumor microenvironment
CpG cytosine-phosphate-guanine
TGF-β1 Transforming Growth Factor beta 1/Suppressor of Mothers against Decapentaplegic
SMAD Suppressor of Mothers against Decapentaplegic
Wnt Wingless/Integrated
Notch1 Neurogenic locus notch homolog protein 1
NLRP3 Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain, Leucine-rich Repeat and Pyrin domain-containing protein 3
ASC Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a Caspase activation and recruitment domain
GSDMD Gasdermin D
MTOC Microtubule-organizing center
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
α-SMA Alpha Smooth Muscle Actin
N-cadherin Neural cadherin
Vim Vimentin
phCFL phospho-Cofilin
MMP2 Matrix Metalloprotease-2
COL1A1 Type 1 Collagen
CTGF Connective Tissue Growth Factor
E-cadherin Epithelial cadherin
F-actin Filamentous Actin
GAPDH Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase
mNG mNeonGreen
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
FACS Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting
SNAIL Snail family transcriptional repressor 1
Twist1 Twist Family BHLH Transcription Factor 1
Zeb1/2 Zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox 1/2
EGF Epidermal Growth Factor
ppk1 Polyphosphate kinase
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
AKT Protein kinase B
PAMP Pathogens-associated molecular pattern
DAMP Damage-associated molecular pattern
ATCC American Tissue Culture Collection
CDK4 Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4
DMEM Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s medium
FBS Fetal bovine serum
HEPES 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid
RPMI Roswell Park Institute medium
AMTB N-(3-Aminopropyl)-2-[(3-methylphenyl)methoxy]-N-(2-thienylmethyl)benzamide
DMSO Dimethyl sulfoxide
IL-1RA IL-1β receptor antagonist
PMA Phorbol myristate acetate
DPBS Dulbecco’s phosphate-buffered saline
TBS Tris Buffered saline
ECL Enhanced Chemiluminescence
HBSS Hanks’ Balanced Salt Solution
ICT-SF IntestiCult-SF
BSA Bovine serum albumin
PFA Paraformaldehyde solution
DAPI 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole
NIS Nikon Imaging Software
PI Propidium iodide
pLV Plasmid Lentiviral Vector
M Mean
SD Standard deviation
UT Untreated
Caco-2 Caucasian Colon Adenocarcinoma Cell Line 2
HCEC-1CT Human Colonic Epithelial Cells-1, Conditionally Transformed
HEK-293T Human Embryonic Kidney 293 cells, T-antigen expressing