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. 2017 Jun 19;18(6):1297. doi: 10.3390/ijms18061297
ADCC Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity
ADI Arginine deiminase
ALL Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
AMPK 5′ AMP-activated protein kinase
ASS1 Argininosuccinate synthase 1
ATF4 Activating transcription factor 4
Atg Autophagy-related protein
ATM Ataxia telangiectasia mutated
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
BNIP3 BCL2 interacting protein 3
CASTOR1 Arginine sensor for mTORC1
CCL CC chemokine ligand
CTLA4 Cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated protein 4
CMA Chaperone-mediated autophagy
CML Chronic myeloid leukemia
CQ Chloroquine
CSC Cancer stem cells
Cx43 Connexin 43
DAMPs Damage-associated molecular patterns
DC Dendritic cell
eIF-2α α subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
EMT Epithelial to mesenchymal transition
ER Endoplasmic reticulum
GAL-9 Galectin-9
GAP GTPase activating protein
GM-CSF Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
HCC Hepatoceulluar carcinoma
HCQ Hydroxy-chloroquine
HDAC Histone Deacetylase
HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
HIF-1α Hypoxia-induced factor-1 alpha
HMGB1 High mobility group box 1
Hsc70 Cytosolic heat shock protein of 70 Kd
IAP Inhibitor of apoptosis protein
IBD Inflammatory bowel disease
ICD Immunogenic cell death
IL Interleukin
IRE1 Inositol-requiring enzyme 1
IRS-1 Insulin receptor substrate-1
JNK Jun N-terminal kinase
LAMP-2A Lysosome-associated membrane protein-2A
LAP LC3-associated phagocytosis
LKB1 Liver kinase B1
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MB Medulloblastoma
MDSC Myeloid-derived suppressor cell
MEFs Mouse embryonic fibroblasts
MHC Major histocompatibility complex
MICA/B MHC I chain-related molecules A and B
MIP-1α Macrophage inflammatory protein 1-alpha
mTOR Mammalian target-of-rapamycin
mTORC Mammalian target-of-rapamycin complex 1
NK Nature killer
NLRP3 NOD-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3
NSCLC Non-small cell lung cancer
OVA Ovalbumin (OVA)
PANX1 Pannexin1
PARK7 Parkinsonism associated deglycase
PD-1 Program death-1
PD-L1/2 Program death ligand 1/2
PDK1 Phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1
PERK Protein kinase RNA-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homologue
Rag Ras-related GTPase
REDD1 Rregulated in development and DNA damage responses 1
Rheb Ras homolog enriched in brain
RNAi RNA interference
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SACC Salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma
SAHA Suberoylanilide hydroxamic
SQSTM1 Sequestosome 1
STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TAM Tumor associated macrophage
TAP Transporter associated with antigen processing
TCR T cell receptor
TGF-β Transforming growth factor-beta
TILs Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes
TIM-4 T cell immunoglobulin- and mucin-domain-containing molecule-4
TSC1/2 Tuberous sclerosis complex 1/2
TRAIL TNF-related apoptosis-inducing factor
Treg Regulatory T cells
TRIF Toll/IL-1 receptor domain-containing adaptor inducing IFN-beta
ULBP UL16-binding proteins
ULK1 Unc-51-like kinase 1
UPR Unfolded protein response
ZEB1 Zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox 1
3-MA 3-methyladenine
5-FU 5-fluorouracil