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. 2017 Dec 8;18(12):2661. doi: 10.3390/ijms18122661
20-HETE 20-Hydroxy-eicosatetraenoic acid
4T1 Triple negative metastatic murine breast cancer cell line
ALX/FPR2 Lipoxin A4 receptor/formyl peptide receptor
AA Arachidonic acid
AAT Antiangiogenic therapy
AKT Protein kinase B
AMPK 5′ AMP-activated protein kinase
BC Breast cancer
BM Brain metastasis
BSO Buthionine sulfoximine
BT-474 Breast cancer luminal B subtype cell line
COX Cyclooxygenase enzyme
CXCR4 C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 also known as fusion or CD184;
CYP Cytochrome P450
CYP4A Cytochrome P450, family 4, subfamily A
CYP4F Cytochrome P450, family 4, subfamily F
DHETs Dihydroxy-eicosatrienoic acids
EES Extravascular extracellular space
EETs Epoxy-eicosatrienoic acids
EGF Epidermal growth factor
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
sEH Epoxide hydrolase
EPCs Endothelial progenitor cells
ER Estrogen receptor
ERK Extracellular signal-regulated kinases
Fas Fas ligand or CD95 ligand
FGF-2 Basic fibroblast growth factor 2
FLA-16 Novel flavonoid
GBM Glioblastoma
GBM811 Glioblastoma-derived from patient
GL261 Murine glioblastoma cell line
GM-CSF Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
GSH Glutathione
GPx Glutathione peroxidase
HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor2
HET0016 N-hydroxy-N′-(4-butyl-2 methyl phenyl) formamidine
HF2303 Glioblastoma-derived from patient
HIF-1α Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 α
HO Hepoxillin
HPβCD 2-Hydroxypropyl β-cyclodextrin
HPETE Hydroperoxy-eicosatetraenoic acid
HUVEC Human umbilical vein endothelial cells
IL Interleukin
IV Intravenous
Ki67 Proliferation marker
Ktrans Forward permeability transfer constant
LOX Lipoxygenase
LT Leukotriene
LX Lipoxin
MAPK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase
MCP-1 Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1
MDA-MB-231 Triple negative metastatic human breast cancer cell line
MDSCs Myeloid-derived suppressor cells
MMPs Matrix metalloproteinases
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
MVD Microvessel density
NADPH Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NFκB Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
eNOS Endothelial nitric oxide synthase
PDX Patient-derived xenograft
PET Polyethylene terephthalate
PG Prostaglandin
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinases
PLA2 Phospholipase A2
PPARs Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors
PR Progesterone receptor
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SCF Stem cell factor
SDF-1α Stromal cell-derived factor 1 α
STAT1 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 1
T2DM Type 2 diabetes mellitus
T47D Breast cancer luminal A subtype cell line
TAMs Tumor-associated macrophages
TGF-β Transforming growth factor β 1
Tie-2 Transmembrane tyrosine-protein kinase receptor
TME Tumor microenvironment
TMZ Temozolomide
TNBC Triple-negative breast cancer
TNFα Tumor necrosis factor α
U251 Human glioblastoma cell line
ve extracellular space or interstitial volume
VE-cadherin Vascular endothelial cadherin
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
VLA-4 Very late antigen-4
vp Blood plasma pool
α-SMA α-smooth muscle actin