Akt	Protein kinase B
ALK	Anaplastic lymphoma kinase
AP2 complex	Assembly protein complex2
BDNF	Brain derived neurotrophic factor
CH	Collagen homology domain
C-terminus	Carboxy-terminus
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
ErBb2	Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2/neu)
ERK	Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
FAK	Focal adhesion kinase
Gab1	Grb2-associated binding protein
Grb2	Growth factor receptor-bound protein2
H2O2	Hydrogen peroxide
IGF	Insulin growth factor
IGF1R	Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor
IQGAP1	Ras GTPase-activating-like protein
IRS	Insulin receptor substrate
JNK	C-Jun N-terminal kinases
MAPK	Mitogen- activated kinase pathway
MEK	MAP/ERK kinase
Met	Mesenchymal-epithelial transition factor (HGF receptor)
MIF	Macrophage migration inhibitory factor
Mpl	Myeloproliferative leukaemia protein
NAD	Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NADH	NAD+ hydrogen (H)
NCAM	Neural cell adhesion molecule
Nedd8	Neural precursor cell expressed developmentally down-regulated protein 8
N-terminal	Amino-terminal
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PKC	Protein kinase C
PLCγ	Phospholipase C gamma
PC-PLC	Phosphatidylcholine-Selective phospholipase
PTB	Phosphorylated binding domain
PTEN	Phosphatase and tensin homolog
PTP-PEST	Protein tyrosine phosphatase contains PEST
RaLP	Rai-like protein
Ran	Ras-related nuclear protein
Ret	Rearranged during transfection
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
RTK	Receptor tyrosine kinase
Ser/S	Serine
SH2	Src homology 2
Shc	Src homology and collagen
SHIP	SH2 domain containing inositol 5-phosphatase
Sos	Son of sevenless
Src	Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor-beta
Trk	Nerve growth factor receptor
Tyr/Y	Tyrosine
UV	Ultra-Violet light
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor