| AVPV | Anteroventral Periventricular Nucleus |
| AFFF | Aqueous Film Forming Foam |
| BAX | BCL2 Associated X Protein |
| BCL-2 | B-Cell Lymphoma 2 |
| BRCA1 | Breast Cancer 1 Gene |
| BRCA2 | Breast Cancer 2 Gene |
| cAMP | Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate |
| CDK | Cyclin-Dependent Kinase |
| CREB | cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein |
| CYP | Cytochrome P450 (CYP450) |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| E2 | Estradiol |
| ER | Estrogen Receptor |
| ERK | Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase |
| FOXO1 | Forkhead Box Protein O1 |
| FSH | Follicle-Stimulating Hormone |
| FSH. | Same as above (Follicle-Stimulating Hormone) |
| GnRH | Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone |
| GPR30 | G Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor 30 (also known as GPER1) |
| GSH | Glutathione |
| GSK-3β | Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Beta |
| GST | Glutathione S-Transferase |
| H3K14 | Histone H3 Lysine 14 (site of acetylation or methylation) |
| HDACs | Histone Deacetylases |
| HER2 | Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 |
| HO | Heme Oxygenase |
| HO-1 | Heme Oxygenase-1 |
| IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
| IGF1R | Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Receptor |
| ITGB3 | Integrin Beta 3 |
| JNK | c-Jun N-terminal Kinase |
| LBD | Ligand-Binding Domain |
| LH | Luteinizing Hormone |
| MAPKs | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases |
| MCF-10A | Human Non-Tumorigenic Mammary Epithelial Cell Line |
| MMP | Matrix Metalloproteinase |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor Kappa-Light-Chain-Enhancer of Activated B Cells |
| NF-κB, | Same as above |
| p38 | p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) |
| P4 | Progesterone (also known as Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione) |
| PARP | Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase |
| PFAS | Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances |
| PFHpA | Perfluoroheptanoic Acid |
| PFOA | Perfluorooctanoic Acid |
| PFOS | Perfluorooctane Sulfonate |
| PFPA | Perfluoropentanoic Acid |
| PPARα | Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Alpha |
| PIN | Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia |
| ATP | Adenosine Triphosphate |
| PKA | Protein Kinase A |
| POI | Primary Ovarian Insufficiency |
| PR | Progesterone Receptor |
| PSA | Prostate-Specific Antigen |
| PTEN | Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| StAR | Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein |
| TNBC | Triple-Negative Breast Cancer |
| VEGF | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor |
| WNT1 | Wingless-Type MMTV Integration Site Family Member 1 |
| XA10 | Xanthine Dehydrogenase/Aldehyde Oxidase 1 (also known as xanthine oxidase homolog, depending on context) |