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. 2018 Dec 5;19(12):3887. doi: 10.3390/ijms19123887
aa Amino Acids
ADCC Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity
AFP Alpha-Fetoprotein
ALK1/2/5 Activin Receptor-Like Kinase 1/2/5
ASF/SF2 Alternative Splicing Factor/Splicing Factor-2
BMPs Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
CD Cluster of Differentiation 31, 34, 105, etc.
CSS Cancer-Specific Survival
CTGF Connective Tissue Growth Factor
CXCL12 C-X-C Motif Chemokine 12 or Stromal Cell-Derived Factor 1 (SDF1)
DFS Disease-Free Survival
ECs Endothelial Cells
ECM Extracellular Matrix
EGF/R Epidermal Growth Factor/Receptor
EndMT Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition
ENG Endoglin (CD105)
eNOS Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase
EPCs/BM-EPCs Endothelial Progenitor Cells; Bone-Marrow EPCs
ERK1/2 Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2
FGF/bFGF Fibroblast Growth Factor/Basic FGF
HBV/HCV Hepatitis B/C Virus
HCC Hepatocellular Carcinoma
HHT1 Hemorrhagic Teleangiectasia Type 1
HIF Hypoxia-Inducible Transcription Factor
HRE Hypoxia-Responsive Element
HSCs Hepatic Stellate Cells
HUVECs Human Umbilical Vein ECs
ID1 DNA Binding Protein 1
IHC Immunohistochemistry
IL Interleukin
INR International Normalized Ratio of Prothrombin Time of Blood Coagulation
KLF6 Kruppel-Like Factor 6
L-ENG Long-ENG
LOXL2 Lysyl Oxidase Like-2
LSECs Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells
MAPK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (Originally Called ERK)
MMP2, -14 Metalloproteinase 2, -14
MVD/IMVD Microvessels Density/Intratumoral MVD
NF-κB Nuclear Factor Kappa-Light-Chain-Enhancer of Activated B Cells
OR Odds Ratio
OS Overall Survival
PD-ECGF Platelet-Derived Endothelial Cell Growth Factor
PDGF/R Platelet-Derived Growth Factor/Receptor
PFS Progression-Free Survival
PIGF Placental Growth Factor
PVTT Portal Vein Tumour Thrombus
RGD domain Arg-Gly-Asp Domain
S-ENG Short ENG
αSMA Smooth Muscle Actin α
SMAD The Main Signal Transducers for Receptors of TGF-β Family
Sol-ENG Soluble Endoglin
TAF Tumour-Angiogenesis Factor
TARE Transarterial Radioembolization
TECs Tumour Endothelial Cells
TGF-α, β Transforming Growth Factor α, β
TIMP1/2 Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinase 1 and 2
TNF-α Tumour Necrosis Factor α
TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours (T—tumour; N—lymph nodes; M—metastasis)
TRC Anti-CD105 Monoclonal Antibody
TRE Thyroid Hormone Response Element
TSP-1 Thrombospondin-1
VEGF/R Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/Receptor
ZRP-1 Zyxin-Related Protein 1