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. 2019 Feb 11;20(3):755. doi: 10.3390/ijms20030755
4EBP1 Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E binding protein 1
AEs Adverse events
AMPK AMP kinase
AMPKβ AMP activated protein kinaseβ
ATP Adenosine Tri-Phosphate
BBN N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl) nitrosamine
Bgff Basic fibroblast growth factor
CBR Clinical benefit rate
ccRCC Clear cell renal cell carcinoma
chRCC Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma
CRC Colorectal cancer
CRPC Castration-resistance prostate cancer
CSC Cancer stem cells
CT Chemotherapy
DAP1 Death-associated protein 1
DCR Disease control rate
DEP EGL-10 and Pleckstrin
DEPTOR DEP domain-containing mTOR-interacting protein
EBV Epstein-Barr virus
EGFR Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
eIF-3 Eukaryotic initiation factor-3
eIF-4E Eukaryotic translation Initiation Factor
EMT Epithelial mesenchymal transition
ERKs Extracellular signal-regulated kinases
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FKBP12 FK506 Binding Protein 12
FoxO Forkhead box family transcription factors
GC Gastric cancer
Grb10 Growth factor receptor-bound protein 10
HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
HIF-1α Hypoxia-inducible factor 1α
HNSCC Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
HPV Papilloma virus
HR Hormone Receptor
IGFR Insulin growth factor receptor
IRS Insulin receptor substrate
LAR Long-acting release
MAPK Mitogen activated protein kinase
MEK Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase
MIUBCs Muscle-invasive UBCs
mLST8 Mammalian lethal with SEC13 protein 8
mRCC Metastatic renal cell carcinoma
mSIN1 Mammalian stress-activated protein kinase interacting protein 1
mTOR The mammalian or mechanistic target of rapamycin
mTORC mTOR complex
NDRG1 N-myc Downstream-Regulated Gene 1 protein
NF-κB Nuclear factor-κB
NMIUBCs Non-muscle-invasive UBCs
NSCLC Non-small cell lung cancer
OS Overall survival
p-Akt Phosphor-protein kinase B
PCa Prostate cancer
PDGF Platelet-derived growth factor
PDK1 Phosphoinositide-dependent Kinase 1
PFS Progression free survival
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PIKK Phosphoinositide 3-kinase related protein kinase
PIP3 Phosphatidylinositol (3, 4, 5)-triphosphate
PKA cAMP-dependent protein kinase
PKC Protein kinase C
PKG cGMP-dependent protein kinase
p-mTOR Phosphorylated-mTOR
PP2A Protein phosphatase 2A
PRAS40 Proline-rich substrate of 40 kDa
PRCC Papillary renal cell carcinoma
Protor-1/2 Protein observed with RICTOR 1/2
PRR 5 Proline-rich protein 5
p-S6K1 p70 ribosomal S6 Kinase
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homolog on chromosome 10
RAPTOR Regulatory-associated protein of mTOR
RCC Renal cancer
REDD1 DNA damage and development 1
RHEB Ras homolog enriched in brain
RICTOR Rapamycin-insensitive companion of mTOR
RR Radioresistance
RSK Ribosomal protein S6 kinase
S6K S6 kinase
S6RP S6 ribosomal protein
SCLC Small cell lung cancinoma
SGK Serum glucose kinase
SNP Single-nucleotide polymorphisms
SQCLC Squamous cell lung carcinoma
SREBP Sterol regulatory element-binding protein
SRE-BP1 Sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1
STAT Signal transducer and activator of transcription
STK11 Serine threonine kinase 11
TCGA The cancer genome atlas
Tel2 Telomere maintenance 2
TFEB Transcription factor transcription factor EB
TNBC Triple-negative breast cancer
TSC Tuberous sclerosis complex
Tti1 Tel2-interacting protein 1
TTP Time to progression
UBC Urinary bladder cancer
ULK1 UNC-5 Like autophagy activating Kinase 1
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
WIPI2 WD repeat domain phophoinositide-interacting protein 2