EMT	epithelial-mesenchymal transition
BPH	benign prostate hyperplasia
PCa	prostate cancer
PI	propidium iodide
DEVD-MR	DEVDase enzyme activity by Magic Red stain
CD42b-PE	GPIba platelet glycoprotein conjugated with phycoerythrin
ROS	total reactive oxygen species
IHC	immunohistochemistry
FasL	type-II transmembrane protein in the tumor necrosis factor
ECM	extracellular matrix
PI3K	phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
AKT	Protein Kinase B
DHT	Dihydrotestosterone
TURP	transurethral resection of the prostate
H&E	Hematoxylin-eosin
HMWCK	Cytokeratin HMW
AMACR	Alpha methylacyl CoA racemase
RB	retinoblastoma protein
PTEN	phosphatase and tensin homolog
CDK	cyclin-dependent kinase
Rb	retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein
CKs	Cleaved cytokeratins
nDNA	nucleosome DNA
PD	pharmacodynamics
CAD	Caspase-activated endonucleases
DAMPs	damage-associated molecular patterns
TNFR1	Tumor necrosis factor receptor 1
DR	Death Receptor
Apo3L	ligand for the death-domain-containing receptor Apo3
Smac/DIABLO	Second mitochondria-derived activator of caspase/direct inhibitor of apoptosis-binding protein with low pI
HtrA2/Omi	serine protease HTRA2, mitochondrial
Apaf-1	Apoptotic Peptidase Activating Factor 1
IAP	inhibitors of apoptosis proteins
AIF	Apoptosis-inducing factor
CAD	carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 2, aspartate transcarbamylase, and dihydroorotase; DAPk-Death-associated protein kinase 1
BNIP3	BCL2/adenovirus E1B 19 kDa protein-interacting protein 3
LNCaP	androgen-sensitive human prostate adenocarcinoma cells
PWR-1E	cells derived from non-neoplastic adult human prostate cells that were infected with the Ad12-SV40 virus
TME	tumor microenvironment
TAMs	Tumor-associated macrophages
PIN	Prostate intraepithelial neoplasia
MAPKK7	MAPK kinase 7
8-OH-dG	8-hydroxyguanine
HIF1α	hypoxia-inducible factor 1α