| AR | androgen receptor |
| ADT | androgen-deprivation therapy |
| CRPC | castration-resistant prostate cancer |
| CCL | C-C motif ligand |
| CCR | CCL-receptor |
| EMT | epithelial-mesenchymal transition |
| siAR | AR-siRNA |
| scr | scramble RNA |
| TAMs | tumor-associated macrophages |
| Tregs | regulatory T cells |
| TGF β1 | transforming growth factor-β1 |
| Thr308 | threonine 308 |
| Ser473 | serine 473 |
| ATL | adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma |
| TNF | tumor necrotic factor |
| PARP | poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase |