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. 2026 Jan 9;16(1):60. doi: 10.3390/metabo16010060
ER Estrogen receptor
TNBC Triple-negative breast cancer
PR Progesterone receptor
HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
ROS Reactive oxygen species
OXPHOS Oxidative phosphorylation
GE Gene expression
BL1 Basal-like
IM Immunomodulatory
M Mesenchymal
MSL Mesenchymal stem-like
LAR Luminal androgen receptor
SOD Superoxide dismutase
O2 Superoxide oxygen
H2O2 Hydrogen peroxide
CAT Catalase
GPx Glutathione peroxidase
Vitamin C Ascorbic acid
GSH Glutathione
Vitamin E Tocopherol
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
ETC Electron transport chain
NADH Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
FADH2 Flavin adenine dinucleotide
Q Coenzyme Q10
QH2 Ubiquinol
cyt C Cytochrome C
H+ Protons
ADP Adenosine diphosphate
O2 Oxygen
MnSOD Mn superoxide dismutase
Cu/ZnSOD Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase
NOX NADPH oxidase
OH Hydroxyl radical
8-OHdG 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine
Nrf2 Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2/Erythroid 2-related factor 2
DCIS Ductal carcinoma in situ
LCIS Lobular carcinoma in situ
NST Non-special type ductal carcinoma
LC Lobular carcinoma
PARP Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase
BRCA BReast CAncer gene 1
PD-L1 Programmed death-Ligand 1
MAP Microtubule-associated protein
pCR Pathological complete response
DFS Disease-free survival
HIF Hypoxia-inducible transcription factor
PKM2 Pyruvate Kinase M2
LDHA Lactate Dehydrogenase A
NED No evidence of disease
DSF disulfiram
EPC Endothelial progenitor cells
2D Two-dimensional
3D Three-dimensional
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
OCR Oxygen consumption rate
IL-8 Interleukin-8
ACC Acetyl-CoA carboxylase
mTORC1 mTOR complex 1
AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase
TM Tetrathiomolybdate
TPA Tris[(2-pyridyl)-methylamine
CDN Copper-depleting nanoparticle
CTR Copper-transporting enzyme
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
mtROS Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species
EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
TCA Tricarboxylic acid
IDH1 Isocitrate dehydrogenase
OPA1 Optic atrophy protein 1
MFN 1/2 Mitofusins 1/2
DRP1 Dynamin-related protein 1
Trx Thioredoxin
IDH1 Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1
ME1 malic enzyme 1
NADPH Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
PPP phosphate pathway
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homologue
KEAP1 Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1
GLUT1 Glucose transporter type 1
PGC-1α Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1-alpha
NQO1 NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase 1
ADCs Antibody drug conjugates
HMGB1 High Mobility Group Box 1