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. 2026 Feb 1;19(2):252. doi: 10.3390/ph19020252
AA Arachidonic acid
ABC ATP-binding cassette
ACSL4 Acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 4
AdA Adrenic acid
ADCs Antibody-drug conjugates
AI Artificial intelligence
AP Apurinic/apyrimidinic
BCRP Breast cancer resistance protein
BER Base excision repair
c-FLIP Cellular FLICE-like inhibitory protein
CHK Csk homologous kinase
CMS Consensus molecular subtypes
CRC Colorectal cancers
CSC Cancer stem cell
CTC Circulating tumor cell
ctDNA Circulating tumor DNA
CYP Cytochrome P450
DAMPs Damage-associated molecular patterns
DCs Dendritic cells
DFO Deferoxamine
DMT1 Divalent metal transporter 1
DNMTi DNA methyltransferase inhibitors
DNMTs DNA methyltransferases
DOX Doxorubicin
DSBs Double-strand breaks
EMT Epithelial–mesenchymal transition
EPR Enhanced permeability and retention
ETC Electron transport chain
FASN Fatty acid synthase
FPN Ferroportin
5-FU 5-fluorouracil
GCL Glutamate-cysteine ligase
GPx Glutathione peroxidase
GPX4 Glutathione peroxidase 4
GS Glutathione synthetase
GSH Glutathione
GSR Glutathione reductase
GSSG Oxidized glutathione
GSTs Glutathione S-transferases
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
HDACi Histone deacetylase inhibitors
HDACs Histone deacetylases
HMTs Histone methyltransferases
HRD Homologous recombination deficiency
HREs Hypoxia response elements
HRR Homologous recombination repair
LCN2 Lipocalin 2
LIP Labile iron pool
LOOH Lipid hydroperoxides
LOX Lipoxygenase
LPCAT3 Lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 3
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MDR Multidrug resistance
MMR Mismatch repair
MOMP Mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization
MRP1 Multidrug resistance-associated protein 1
MSI Microsatellite instability
MUFAs Monounsaturated fatty acids
NATs N-acetyltransferases
NBDs Nucleotide-binding domains
ncRNA non-coding RNA
Nrf2 Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
NSCLC Non-small-cell lung cancer
OTICs Ovarian tumor-initiating cells
PARP Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase
PCET Proton-coupled electron transfer
PDX Patient-derived xenograft
PE Phosphatidylethanolamine
PEBP1 Phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein 1
PEG Polyethylene glycol
P-gp P-glycoprotein
PLGA Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)
PTGS2 Prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2
PUFAs Polyunsaturated fatty acids
PXR Pregnane X receptor
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SFAs Saturated fatty acids
SOD Superoxide dismutase
SQS Squalene synthase
SREBP1 Sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1
SSBR Single-strand break repair
SSBs Single-strand breaks
SULTs Sulfotransferases
TFR1 Transferrin receptor 1
TFRC Transferrin receptor
TMDs Transmembrane domains
TME Tumor microenvironment
UGTs UDP-glucuronosyltransferases
WES Whole-exome sequencing
γ-GCS γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase