| 2-DG | 2-Deoxyglucose |
| Akt | Protein Kinase B |
| Bax | bcl-2-like protein 4 |
| Bcl-2 | B-cell lymphoma 2 protein |
| Casp 3 | Caspase 3 |
| Casp 8 | Caspass 8 |
| Cox2 | Cyclooxygenase 2 |
| Cyt c | Cytochrome C |
| ERK | Extracellular signal–regulated kinases |
| GLUT1 | Glucose transporter 1 |
| GSK3 | Glycogen synthase kinase 3 |
| LC3 | Microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3 |
| LC3-II | LC3-phosphatidylethanolamine conjugate |
| LDH | Lactate dehydrogenase |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| mIMP | Mitochondrial inner membrane permeabilization |
| MKsi | Midkine silencer |
| MMP-2 | Matrix metalloproteinase-2 |
| MMP-9 | Matrix metalloproteinase-9 |
| mTOR | mammalian Target of Rapamycin |
| NFκB | Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| p21Cip1 | Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1 |
| p27Kip1 | Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1B |
| p38 | Mitogen activated protein kinase p38 |
| p53 | Tumor protein p53 |
| p70-S6K | Ribosomal protein S6 kinase beta-1 |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| PKM2 | Pyruvate kinase isozyme M2 |
| PTEN | phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate 3-phosphatase |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| Survivin | baculoviral inhibitor of apoptosis repeat-containing 5 |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |
| VEGF-R | Receptor of vascular endothelial growth factor |
| ΔΨm | mitochondrial membrane potential |