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. 2026 Apr 25;15(9):774. doi: 10.3390/cells15090774
5-FU 5-Fluorouracil
α-SMA Alpha Smooth Muscle Actin
ATP Adenosine Triphosphate
BSA Bovine Serum Albumin
CL Cardiolipin
CIM Chemotherapy-induced Mucositis
COX IV Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit IV
DAPI 4′,6-Diamidino-2-Phenylindole
DMEM Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
EC50 Half-Maximal Effective Concentration
ELISA Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
EMT Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition
ETC Electron Transport Chain
FBS Fetal Bovine Serum
GI Gastrointestinal
H&E Hematoxylin and Eosin
HEPES 4-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-1-Piperazineethanesulfonic Acid
HOK-16B Human Oral Keratinocyte-16B
hTERT Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase
IF Immunofluorescence
IL-1β Interleukin-1 Beta
IL-6 Interleukin-6
i.p. Intraperitoneal
i.v. Intravenous
MAPK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase
MOMA-2 Monocyte/Macrophage Antigen-2
mtROS Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species
NF-κB Nuclear Factor Kappa-B
NHOK Normal Human Oral Keratinocytes
NDUFS1 NADH Dehydrogenase Fe-S Protein 1
PBS Phosphate-Buffered Saline
PC Phosphatidylcholine
PCNA Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen
PFA Paraformaldehyde
PI(4,5)P2 Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate
ROS Reactive Oxygen Species
SCC-17B Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cell Line-17B
SDHB Succinate Dehydrogenase Complex Iron Sulfur B
TB Toluidine Blue
TGF-β Transforming Growth Factor Beta
TMB 3,3′,5,5′-Tetramethylbenzidine
TNF-α Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha
TUNEL Terminal Deoxynucleotide Transferase-Mediated dUTP Nick End Labeling
UQCRFS1 Ubiquinol-Cytochrome c Reductase, Rieske Iron-Sulfur Polypeptide 1
WBC White Blood Cells
SE Standard error