| 17-AAG | 17-allylamino-17-desmethoxygeldanamycin |
| Akt | Protein kinase B |
| AR | Androgen receptor |
| ARE | Androgen receptor element |
| BAD | Bcl2-associated agonist of cell death |
| BAG-1 | BAG family molecular chaperone regulator 1 |
| BCL2 | Apoptosis regulator Bcl-2 |
| Bcl2-L-1 | Bcl-2-like protein 1 |
| Bcl2-L-3 | Induced myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein-1 |
| Bcl2-L-4 | Apoptosis regulator BAX |
| CDK | Cyclin-dependent kinase |
| c-RAF | RAF proto-oncogene serine/threonine–protein kinase |
| CRPC | Castration-resistant prostate cancer |
| EGFR | Epidermal growth factor receptor 4E |
| EMT | Epithelial–mesenchymal transition |
| EMT | Epithelial to mesenchymal transition |
| ERBB | Receptor tyrosine–protein kinase erbB |
| ERBB2 | Receptor tyrosine–protein kinase erbB-2 |
| ERK | Extracellular-signal-regulated kinase |
| FADD | Fas-associating death domain-containing protein |
| GA | Geldanamycin |
| GRP 94 | Glucose-regulated protein 94 |
| GRP-78 | 78 kDa glucose-regulated protein |
| HIF-1α | Hypoxia-inducible factor 1α |
| HSE | Heat shock element |
| HSPs | Heat shock proteins |
| IGF-1 | Insulin-like growth factor 1 |
| IGFR-1 | Insulin-like growth factor receptor 1 |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase; |
| MMP | Matrix metalloproteinase |
| mPCa | Metastatic prostate cancer |
| MST-1 | Mammalian STE20-like protein kinase 1 |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor κ-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| p60-Src | Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src |
| PCa | Prostate cancer |
| PEA-15 | 15 kDa phosphoprotein enriched in astrocytes |
| PSA | Prostate specific antigen |
| PSMA | Prostate specific membrane antigen |
| RANKL | Receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand |
| RPS6KA | Ribosomal protein S6 kinase α |
| SGTA | Small glutamine-rich tetratricopeptide repeat-containing protein α |
| STAT3 | Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 |
| STCA | Sulfoxythiocarbamate alkyne |
| TCTP | Translationally controlled tumor protein |
| TGF-β | Transforming growth factor β |
| TRAIL | TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand |
| Vav3 | Vav 3, guanine nucleotide exchange factor |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |
| WASF3 | Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein family member 3 |
| YB-1 | Nuclease-sensitive element-binding protein 1 |