GBM	Glioblastoma
SLCP	Solid lipid curcumin particles
Cur	Curcumin
Atg	Autophagy-related protein
Akt	Protein kinase B
PI3K	Phosphatidyl inositol-3 kinase
mTOR	Mechanistic target of rapamycin
HSP	Heat shock protein
TMZ	Temozolomide
PCD	Program cell death
ATP	Adenosine triphosphate
SLPs	Solid lipid particles
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
PI	Propidium iodide
EMEM	Eagle’s Minimum Essential Medium,
FBS	Fetal bovine serum
HBSS	Hank’s balanced salt solution
DMEM	Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium
FITC	Fluorescent isothiocyanate
DPBS	Dulbecco’s phosphate buffer saline
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
BNIP3	Bcl-2/adenovirus E1B 19 kDa-interacting protein
Bax	Bcl2-associated X protein
Bcl2	B-cell lymphoma 2
NF-kB	Nuclear factor kappa beta
ATCC	American type cell culture
SEM	Standard error of mean
PBS	Phosphate buffer saline
EDTA	Ethylene-di-amino-tetra-acetic-acid
RPM	Revolution per minute
mM	Millimolar
RIPA	Radio immunoprecipitation assay
SDS	Sodium dodecyl sulfate
BCA	Bicinchoninic acid assay
PVDF	Polyvinylidene fluoride
ANOVA	One-way analysis of variance
HSD	Honestly significant difference
µM	Micromolar
AU	Arbitrary unit
OD	Optical density
SDS-PAGE	Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
TBS	Tris buffer saline
CMA	Chaperone-mediated autophagy
HSC70	Heat shock cognate 70
LAMP-2A	Lysosome-associated membrane protein type 2A
G2/M	Gap2/mitosis
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor