5-FU	5-Fluorouracil
ABC	ATP-Binding Cassette
AGT	O6-alkylguanine transferase
Ahr	Aryl hydrocarbon receptor
ALAS1	Aminolevulinic acid synthase
ASPS	Advanced sleep phase syndrome
ATM	Ataxia telangiectasia mutated
BAX	BCL-2-associated X protein
BMAL1	Brain and muscle aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator 1
CAR	Constitutive androstan receptor
CCGs	Clock controlled genes
CDC2	Cyclin-dependent kinase 2
CES	Carboxylesterase
ChronoDDS	Chrono-drug delivery system
ChronoPD	Chronopharmacodynamics
ChronoPK	Chronopharmacokinetics
CKIε	Casein kinase Iε
CLOCK	Circadian locomotor output cycles kaput
Cmax	Maximum plasma concentration
Cry	Cryptochrome
CTS	Circadian timing system
Cyc	Cyclin
CYCLOPS	Cyclic ordering by periodic structure
CYP450	Cytochrome P-450
DBP	Albumin D-site-binding protein
DDS	Drug delivery systems
DPYD	Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase
DSPS	Delayed sleep phase syndrome
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
ERK/MAPK	Extracellular signal-regulated kinase/mitogen-activated protein kinase
FASPS	Familial advanced sleep phase syndrome
GSH	Reduced glutathione
GST	Glutathione-S-transferases
HLF	Hepatic leukemia factor
Hsd3b	3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
IFN-β	Interferon-β
ISGF	Interferon-stimulated gene factor
MDR1	Multidrug resistance protein 1 (ABCB1, P-glycoprotein, P-gp in human)
Mdr1	Multidrug resistance protein 1 (abcb1a/b mdr1a/b, P-gp in rodents)
MR	Modified Release
Mrp	Multidrug resistance-associated protein (Abcc)
mTOR	Mammalian target of rapamycin
NAT	N-acetyl transferases
NFIL3/E4BP4	Nuclear factor, interleukin 3 regulated
NPAS2	Neuronal PAS-domain protein 2
Oatp	Organic anion transporter polypeptide
Oct	Organic cation transporter
Octn1	Oct novel type 1
p21WAF1	p21 wild-type p53 fragment 1
PARbZip	Proline-acidic amino acid-rich basic leucine zipper
PD	Pharmacodynamics
PDGF	Platelet-derived growth factor
Per	Period
P-gp	P-glycoprotein
PI3K/AKT	Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase/protein kinase B
PK	Pharmacokinetics
POR	P450 oxidoreductase
PPAR-α	Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-alpha
PTX	Paclitaxel
PTX-NPs	PTX-loaded polymeric nanoparticles
PXR	Pregnane X receptor
REV-ERB/NR1D	Reverse strand of ERB
RORs	Retinoic acid-receptor-related orphan receptor
SCN	Suprachiasmatic nuclei
SLC	Solute carrier
SULT	Sulfotransferases
TEF	Thyrotroph embryonic factor
Top1	Topoisomerase 1
TS	Thymidylate synthase
UDP	Uridine diphosphate
UGT	Glucuronosyl transferase
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
WBC	White blood cells