95D	Human lung cancer cell line
ABTS	2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid
AC	Acetylcholine
AChE	Acetylcholinesterase
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
Aha1	Activator of HsP90 ATPase
AIDS	Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
AP	Activator protein
Bax	Bcl-2-associated X protein
Bcl-2	B-cell lymphoma
BHT	Butylated hydroxytoluene
Capase-8	Capase protein
CCL-2	Carnival cruise lines
CD	Cluster of differentiation protein
CDC20	Cell cycle regulatory protein
CDK	Cyclin-dependent kinase
c-Fos	Protein code by Fos gene
C-GLP	Carboxymethylated polysaccharide
c-Jun	Protein code by Jun gene
c-MMC	Myelocytomatosis viral oncogene homolog
CPA	Cyclophosphamide
Cy	Cyclosporine
Cy775	Adenocarcinoma
CyclinD1	Protein by the CCND1 gene
DCs	Dendric cells
DPPH	2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl
EPS	Exopolysaccharide
ERK	Extracellular regulated kinase
GA	Ganoderic acid
GLBR	Germinated brown rice
GLIS	Ganoderma lucidum immunomodulation substance
GLPG	Ganoderma lucidum proteoglycan
GL-PP	Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide peptide
GLPS	Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides
GTM	Ganoderma water soluble polysaccharides
HCT-116	Human colon cancer cell line
HCT-26	Human colon cancer cell line
HeLa	Human cervical tumour cell line
Hep-G2	Human liver tumour cell line
HL 60	Human promyelocytic leukaemia cell line
HLF	Hepatic leukaemia factor
HSV	Herpes simplex virus
HTC-116/8	Human colon tumour cell lime
HuH7	Human hepatocarcinoma cell line
IFN	Interferon
IL	Interleukin
iNOS	Inducible nitrine oxide synthase
JNK	Jun nuclear kinase
LLC	Human lung cancer cell line
LnCaP	Human prostate cancer cell lines
MCP-1	Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1
MDA-MB-231	Human breast cancer cell line
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinase
NF-κb	Nuclear factor kappa beta
NFκB-α	Nuclear factor kappa beta – alpha
P388	Human leukaemia cell line
P53	Protein 53
PC-3	Human prostate cancer cell lines
PCNA	Proliferating cell nuclear agent
PGY	Water-soluble glycopeptide
PRDX3	Peroxiredoxin 3
RAW 264.7	Leukaemic monocyte macrophage cell line
S-180	Human sarcoma 180
SMMC-7721	Human hepatoma cell lines
T-47D	Human carcinoma cell line
TNF	Tumour necrosis factor
uPa	Urokinase-type plasminogen activator
uPAR	Urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor