| 3-MA | 3-Methyladenine |
| AIF | Apoptosis-inducing factor |
| AKT | AKT Serine/Threonine Kinase |
| AMP | Adenosine monophosphate |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| ATPase | Adenosine triphosphatase |
| AVO | Acidic Vacuolar Organelles |
| BAX | BCL2 associated X protein |
| BCL-2 | B-cell lymphoma 2 |
| BH-3 | Interacting-domain death agonist |
| Ca2+ | Calcium ion |
| EGFR | Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor |
| FGFR1 | Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1 |
| FOXM1 | Forkhead Box Protein M1 |
| H+ | Hydrogen ion |
| HER2 | Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 |
| HIF | Hypoxia-inducible factor |
| HMGB2 | High-mobility group box 2 |
| IFN-γ | Interferon gamma |
| JMJD2A | Jumonji C Domain 2A |
| KRAS | KRAS proto-oncogene |
| La− | Lactate |
| LC3-II | Microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3 (LC3) conjugated to phosphatidylethanolamine |
| LDH | Lactate dehydrogenase |
| LDHA | Lactate dehydrogenase A |
| LDHB | Lactate dehydrogenase B |
| LDHC | Lactate dehydrogenase C |
| LDHD | Lactate dehydrogenase D |
| MCC | Merkel cell carcinoma |
| MCPyV | Merkel cell polyomavirus |
| MCT | Monocarboxylate Transporter |
| MDR | Multidrug resistance |
| miR | microRNA |
| MPT | Mitochondrial permeability transition |
| mTOR | Mammalian Target of Rapamycin |
| NAD+ | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (oxidized form) |
| NADH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced form) |
| NCCD | Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death |
| NOXA | Phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate-induced protein 1 |
| OXPHOS | Oxidative phosphorylation |
| PGC1β | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1 – beta |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide-3-kinase |
| PPAR-γ | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma |
| PUMA | p53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SIRT | Sirtuin |
| SIRT5 | Sirtuin 5 |
| Sp1 | Specificity protein 1 |
| STAT3 | Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 |