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. 2018 Mar 18;10(3):77. doi: 10.3390/cancers10030077
5-FU 5-fluorouracil
ADCC antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity
AKT protein kinase B
ATM mutated in the disease ataxia telangiectasia
ATP adenosine triphosphate
Apo2L Apo-2 ligand
Bak Bcl-2 antagonist or killer
Bax Bcl-2-associated X protein
Bcl-2 B-cell CLL/lymphoma 2
Bcl-XL B-cell lymphoma-extra-large
BH3 Bcl-2 homology domain 3
Bid BH3-only protein
BITC benzyl isothiocyanate
CDK9 cyclin-dependent kinase 9
c-FLIP cellular (FADD-like IL-1β-converting enzyme)-inhibitory protein
cIAP cellular IAP
c-Myc avian myelocytomatosis virus oncogene cellular homolog
DcR decoy receptor
CPT circularly permuted TRAIL
DD death domain
DDR DNA damage response
DGCR8 DiGeorge critical region8
DR death receptor
ER endoplasmic reticulum
ERK extracellular signal-regulated kinase
FADD Fas-associated death domain
Fc Fragment crystallizable
Flag DYKDDDDK
FLICE FADD-like IL-1β-converting enzyme
FOLFIRINOX FOL-folinic acid, F-5-fluorouracil (5-FU), IRIN-irinotecan, OX-oxaliplatin
GALNT14 N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase-14
GTP guanosine-5′-triphosphate
HcAbs heavy-chain-only antibodies
HDAC histone deacetylase
HMGA2 high-mobility group AT-hook 2
IAP inhibitor of apoptosis protein
IGF-R insulin-like growth factor receptor
IgG immunoglobulin
IGFR insulin-like growth factor receptor
IKK inhibitor of κB kinase
IMS intermembrane space
IκB inhibitor of κB
IZ isoleucine zipper
JNK c-JUN N-terminal kinase
KRAS Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog
LUBAC linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex
LZ leucine zipper
mAb monoclonal antibody
MAPK mitogen-activated protein kinase
Mcl-1 myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein
memTRAIL membrane-bound TRAIL
miRNA micro RNA
MOM mitochondrial outer membrane
MOMP mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization
MTD membrane-proximal domain
nab nanoparticle albumin-bound
NEMO NF-κB essential modifier
NF-κB nuclear factor kappa light chain enhancer of activated B cells
N-glyc N-glycosylation
NIK NF-κB-inducing kinase
nTRAIL nuclear TRAIL
O-glyc O-glycosylation
OPG osteoprotegerin
p38 MAPK p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase
PARP poly-ADP ribose polymerase
PCD programmed cell death
PDAC pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Rac1 Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1
RANKL receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand
Ras Rat sarcoma
rhTRAIL recombinant human TRAIL
RIPK receptor-interacting serine/threonine protein kinase 1
scTRAIL-RBD single-chain-TRAIL-receptor-binding domain
Smac/DIABLO second mitochondrial activator of caspases/direct inhibitor of apoptosis-binding protein with low pI
SR superfamily
SRC Rous sarcoma oncogene cellular homolog
STAT signal transducer and activator of transcription
sTRAIL soluble TRAIL
TNF tumor necrosis factor
TAPE threonine, alanine, proline, glutamine
TRAIL TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand
TRAIL-R Trail receptor
Ub ubiquitin
VHH heavy chain domain
XIAP X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein