Abbreviation	Definition
OXCT1	3-Ketoacid CoA-transferase 1
WHO	World Health Organization
IARC	International Agency for Research on Cancer
AcAc	acetoacetate
β-HB	3-hydroxybutyrate
Acetyl-CoA	acetyl-coenzyme A
TCA cycle	tricarboxylic acid cycle
HCC	hepatocellular carcinoma
CRC	colorectal cancer
BCa	bladder cancer
OS	osteosarcoma
PCa	prostate cancer
CS	chondrosarcoma
GC	glioma, gastric cancer
NPC	nasopharyngeal carcinoma
SCOT	succinyl-CoA:3-ketoacid CoA Transferase
CoA	coenzyme A
OXCT2 or h-Scot-t	succinyl CoA:3-oxoaci ketoacid CoA-transferase 2
GLUT1	Glucose Transporter Type 1
H3K27me3	trimethylation of lysine 27 on histone H3
PTM	Post-Translational Modification
SIRT3	Sirtuin 3
Kbhb	lysine β-hydroxybutyrylation
AMPKα2	AMP-activated protein kinase alpha 2 subunit
AMPK	AMP-activated protein kinase
IGF1	Insulin-like growth factor 1
ERK2	extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2
SUCLA2	succinate-CoA ligase ADP-forming subunit beta
AHA	Acetohydroxamic acid
KD	ketogenic diet
TAM	tumor-associated macrophages
Arg1	arginase 1
LACTB	serine β-lactamase-like protein
PISD	phosphatidylserine decarboxylase
LPE	lysophosphatidylethanolamines
PE	phosphatidylethanolamines
SREBP1	sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1
bHLH-Zip	basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper
NSCLC	non-small cell lung cancer
EMT	epithelial–mesenchymal transition
PDAC	pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
DNMT	DNA methyltransferase
circRNAs	circular RNAs
lncRNAs	long non-coding RNAs
circ-OXCT1	CircRNA 3-oxoacid CoA-transferase 1
ceRNA	competitive endogenous RNA
miRNA	microRNA
SLC1A5	solute carrier family 1 member 5
lncRNA OXCT1-AS1	antisense RNA1 of lncRNA OXCT1
LEF1	Lymphoid enhancer factor 1
GBM	glioblastoma
GEPIA	Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis
TCGA	Cancer Genome Atlas
mOS	median Overall Survival
CRPC	castration-resistant prostate cancer
RFS	Recurrence-Free Survival
IFO	ifosfamide
HDACs	histone deacetylases
EAE	experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis