AP-1	activated protein 1
ATCC	American Type Culture Collection
CIMAP	Centre de recherches sur les Ions, les Matériaux et la Photonique
d2EGFP	destabilized EGFP
DDR	DNA damage response
DNA-PK	DNA-dependent protein kinase
DSB	double strand break
EGFP	Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein
ESCC	esophageal squamous cell cancer
EXO1	exonuclease 1
FBS	fetal bovine serum
GANIL	“Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds”
GSI	GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
HEK	human embryonic kidney
HIMAC	Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba
HR	Homologous Recombination
HSPC	hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells
IAP	inhibitor of apoptosis protein
IκBα	inhibitor of NF-κB α
IKK	IκB kinase
IκBα-SR	super-repressor variant of IκBα
ISS	International Space Station
k.d.	knock-down
LARIA	“Laboratoire d’Accueil en Radiobiologie avec les Ions Accélérés”
LET	linear energy transfer
MDR1	multi-drug resistance
MeV/n	Mega electron Volt per nucleon
MnSOD	manganese superoxide dismutase
mRNA	messenger RNA
NF-κB	Nuclear factor κB
NHEJ	Non-Homologous Endjoining
NPCs	neural progenitor cells
NRE	NF-κB response element
NSCs	neural stem cells
P	probability
PBL	peripheral blood lymphocytes
PBS	phosphate buffered saline
PI3K	phosphatidyl inositol kinase 3
RBE	relative biologic effectiveness
Rel	Reticuloendotheliosis
RT-qPCR	Reverse Transcriptase real-time quantitative PCR
shRNA RelA	RelA short-hairpin RNA
SD	standard deviation
SE	standard error
TK	thymidine kinase
TLR5	Toll-like receptor 5
TNF-α	tumor necrosis factor α
TP53	tumor protein p53