AAF	2-Acetylaminofluorene
ACF	Aberrant crypt foci
αFP	α-Fetal Protein
AKR1B10	Aldo-keto reductase family 1 member B10
AKT	Protein kinase B
ALT	Alanine transaminase
AMPK	5′ AMP-activated protein kinase
AOM	Azoxymethane
AP-1	Activator protein 1
ARE	AU-rich regulatory element
AST	Aspartate transaminase
BAK	Bcl-2 homologous antagonist/killer
BAX	Bcl-2-associated X protein
B[a]P	Benzo(a)pyrene
Bcl-2	Bcl-2 (B-cell lymphoma 2)
Bcl-XL	B-cell lymphoma-extra large
Bid	BH3 interacting-domain death agonist
bFGF	Basic fibroblast growth factor
CD44	CD44 antigen
cdc2	Cyclin-dependent kinase 1
cdc20	Cell-division cycle protein 20
cdc25A	Cell division cycle 25 homolog A
cdc25B	Cell division cycle 25 homolog B
cdc25C	Cell division cycle 25 homolog C
cdk1	Cyclin-dependent kinase 1
cdk4	Cyclin-dependent kinase 4
CEA	Carcinoembryonic antigen
c-FILP	CASP8 and FADD-like apoptosis regulator
c-myc	Member of a family of regulator genes
COX-2	Prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2
c-Src	Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src
CXCL12	Stromal cell-derived factor 1
CXCR4	C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4
CypA	Cytochrome P450 A
DEN	Diethylnitrosamine
DMBA	7,12-Dimethylbenz(a)anthracene
DMH	Dimethylhydrazine
DR	Death Receptor
E-CAD	Cadherin-1
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
elF2α	Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2A
ERK	Extracellular signal-egulated kinases
ESC	Esophageal Squamous Carcinoma
ETV-1	ETS translocation variant 1
FAK	Focal adhesion kinase,
FAS	Fas signaling cascade
FASL	FAS ligand
FGFR-1	Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1
FKHR	Forkhead box protein O1
FTL	Ferritin light chain
GADD45α	Growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible protein GADD45 alpha
GADD153	Growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible protein GADD153
γ-GCLC	Glutamate-ysteine ligase catalytic subunit
GCS	Glutamate Cysteine Ligase
GGTLA4	Gamma-glutamyltransferase 5
Gli-1	Zinc finger protein GLI1
GPx1	Glutathione peroxidase 1
GRP-78	Heat shock 70 kDa protein 5
GSH	Glutathione
GSK-3β	Glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta
GSSG	Glutathione disulfide
GST	Glutathione S-transferase
GSTP1	Glutathione S-transferase P
HDAC	Histone deacetylase
HER2	Receptor tyrosine-protein kinase erbB-2
HMOX1/HO-1	heme oxygenase (decycling) 1
HPV	Human papillomavirus
hTERT	Human telomerase reverse transcriptase
HUVEC	Human umbilical vein endothelial cells
IkB	Inhibitor of κB
IkB2	Inhibitor of κB2
IKK	IκB kinase
IKKB	Inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit beta
IL-1α	Interleukin 1 alpha
IL-1β	Interleukin 1 beta
IL-6	Interleukin 6
IL-8	Interleukin 8
INF-γ	Interferon gamma
iNOS	Inducible nitric oxide synthase
JAK	Janus kinase
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinase
Keap	Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1
KI 67	Antigen KI-67
LDH	Lactate dehydrogenase
LIMK1/2	LIM domain kinase 1/2
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
Mad2	Mitotic arrest deficient 2
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
Mcl-1	Induced myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein
MIB-1	E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase
miR-27b	MiR-27b microRNA precursor
MMP-2	Matrix metalloproteinase-2
MMP-3	Matrix metalloproteinase-3
MMP-9	Matrix metalloproteinase-9
MnSOD	Superoxide dismutase 2, mitochondrial
MPM-2	Cyclin dependent kinase 2 associated protein 2 pseudogene 2
mTOR	Mechanistic target of rapamycin
MyD88	Myeloid differentiation primary response 88
NFκB	Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
Notch2	Neurogenic locus notch homolog protein 2
Nrf2	Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
NSCLC	Non-small cell lung cancer
ODC	Ornithine decarboxylase
OSC	Oral squamous carcinoma
p21	Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1
p27	Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1B
p53	Tumor suppressor p53
PAI-1	Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1
PARP	Poly ADP ribose polymerase
PCNA	Proliferating cell nuclear antigen
PGE2	Prostaglandin E2
PI3K	Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PKC-α	Protein kinase C alpha
p38 MAPK	P38 mitogen-activated protein kinase
RCC	Renal cell carcinoma
RhoA	Ras homolog gene family, member A
RKIP	Raf kinase inhibitor protein
ROCK	Rho-associated protein kinase
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SAA1	Serum amyloid A1
SHP-1	Src homology region 2 domain-containing phosphatase-1
Snail	Zinc finger protein SNAI1
STAT3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TIMP-1	TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 1
TLR2	Toll-like receptor 2
TLR4	Toll-like receptor 4
TNF-α	TNF, tumor necrosis factor alpha
TRAIL	TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand
TPA	12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate
uPA	Urokinase-type plasminogen activator
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
VEGFR-2	Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2
XIAP	X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein
ZO-1	Zonula occludens-1
14-3-3	14-3-3 proteins