ALK	Anaplastic lymphoma kinase
BBB	Blood–brain barrier
BCL-2	B-cell lymphoma 2
BCNU	Carmustine
BDNF	Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
C-CBL	C-casitas b-lineage lymphoma
CNS	Central nervous system
CRD	Cysteine-rich domain
DCF1	Dendritic cell factor 1
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
ERBB3	Erb-B2 receptor tyrosine kinase 3
ERK	Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
EST	Expressed sequence tag
FGFR	Fibroblast growth factor receptor
FOXO3	Forkhead box O3
GB	Glioblastoma
GBM	Glioblastoma multiforme
GDNF	Glial cell-line-derived neurotrophic factor
GRIN	G protein-regulated inducer of neurite outgrowth
IDH	Isocitrate dehydrogenase
IGF1R	Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor
IGFBP2	Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2
INRGSS	International Neuroblastoma Risk Group Staging System
IR	Insulin receptor
JNK	Jun N-terminal kinase
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MEK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase
MET	Hepatocyte growth factor receptor
MiR	MicroRNA
MKP	Mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase
Mnk1	Mitogen-activated protein kinase-interacting kinase 1
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinase
NB	Neuroblastoma
NEDD4	Neural precursor cell-expressed developmentally downregulated protein 4
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa B
NGF	Nerve growth factor
NT3/4	Neurotrophin-3/4
PEG	Polyethylene glycol
PDGFR	Platelet-derived growth factor receptor
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PKB/Akt	Protein kinase B
PLCγ1	Phospholipase Cγ1
PNS	Peripheral nervous system
RAS	Rat sarcoma
RTK	Receptor tyrosine kinase
SCA	Segmental chromosome aberrations
siRNA	Small interfering RNA
SIAH2	Seven in absentia homolog 2
SPRY	Sprouty
SRM	Serine-rich motif
STAT3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TACC	Transforming acidic coiled-coil
TCGA	The Cancer Genome Atlas
TERT	Telomerase reverse transcriptase
Trk	Tropomyosin receptor kinases
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
WHO	World Health Organization