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. 2019 May 5;12(2):68. doi: 10.3390/ph12020068
Apc-Min Mouse tumor model (intestinal and mammary)
AKT1 AKT (RAC-alpha) serine/threonine kinase 1
ASECO Anhydro-secoisolariciresinol
Bax Bcl-2-associated X protein
BC Breast cancer
Biphasic ↑lower/↓higher concentration
CC Cervical Cancer
TR Transfected
COC Colon cancer
ALP alkaline phosphatase
miR micro RNA
ERK Extracellular signal–regulated kinases
subG1 DNA profile representing cells in the G1 stage of the cell cycle
F-actin Filamentous actin
BIRC5 Survivin
BRCA1 breast cancer type 1 (BCT1) susceptibility protein
BRCA2 BCT2 susceptibility protein
CCNB1 Cyclin B1
CCNB2 Cyclin B2
CCND2 Cyclin D2
CCNF Cyclin F
CCNG1 Cyclin G1
CCNH Cyclin H
CDC2 Cell division cycle 2
CDC20 Cell division cycle 20
CDK2 Cyclin dependent kinase 2
CDK4 Cyclin dependent kinase 4
CDK5R1 CDK5 regulatory subunit 1
CDKN1B Cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 1B/p27/Kip1
CDKN3 Cyclin dependent inhibitor 3/Cip2
CDT1 DNA replication factor Cdt1
CHEK1 CHK1 checkpoint homolog
CKS1B CDC28 protein kinase regulatory subunit 1B
CKS2 CDC28 protein kinase regulatory subunit 2
COX1/2 Cyclooxygenase 1 & 2
CRP C-reactive protein
CYP Cytochrome P450
DDX11 DEAD/H box polypeptide 11
DNMT DNA methyl transferases E2F1, Retinoblastoma protein transcription factor
F4/80 (EMR1) EGF-like module-containing mucin-like hormone receptor-like 1
GADD45A Growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible, alpha
GMNN Geminin
GPER G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1
HDACs Histone deacetylases
HPV Human papillomavirus
ITGA2 Integrin subunit alpha 2
KLK3 Prostate-specific antigen (PSA)/kallikrein-3
KLK4 Kallikrein 4
KNTC1 Kinetochore associated 1
KPNA2 Karyopherin alpha 2
LIV-1 Zinc transporter SLC39A6
MAD2L1 MAD2 mitotic arrest deficient-like 1
MBD2 Methyl-CpG-Binding domain protein
MCM2 Mini-chromosome maintenance 2/mitotin
MCM2/7 Mini-chromosome maintenance complex component 2/7
MCM3 Mini-chromosome maintenance 3
MCM4 Mini-chromosome maintenance 4
MCM5 Mini-chromosome maintenance 5
MCM2/7 Mini-chromosome maintenance complex component 2/7
MKI67 Antigen identified by mAb Ki-67
MBD2 Methyl-CpG-Binding domain protein
MO Mouse orthotopic
MRE11A Meiotic recombination 11 homolog A
16/2-OHE1 16/2-hydroxyestrone
OVX Ovariectomized rat
p21 (p21WAF1/Cip1) Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1 (CDK-interacting protein 1)
P53 Tumor protein p53 (aka “guardian of the genome”)
p65 Transcription factor p65 (nuclear factor NF-kappa-B p65 subunit)
p70S6K1 Ribosomal protein S6 kinase beta-1 (S6K1)/p70S6 kinase 1
PARP poly-ADP ribose polymerase
PC Prostate cancer
PCNA Proliferating cell nuclear antigen
PDGF Platelet-derived growth factor
PH Prostatic hyperplasia
PIAS1 E3 SUMO-protein ligase PIAS1
PRKCD Protein kinase C delta type
PRKCH Protein kinase C eta type
Prostaglandin E2 Dinoprostone
PS Prostate Stromal
pS2 (TFF1) Trefoil factor family 1
RASSF1 Ras association domain-containing protein 1
RBL1 Retinoblastoma-like 1/p107
RPA3 Replication protein A3
SKP2 S-phase kinase-associated protein
SLC43A1 Large neutral amino acid transporter small subunit 3
TPM1 Tropomyosin alpha-1
VEGFR Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor
XM Xenograft model
YAMC Young adult mouse colon
ZIP2 Zinc transporter SLC39A2
ZnT-1 Zinc transporter protein 1