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. 2019 Aug 24;20(17):4131. doi: 10.3390/ijms20174131
MDPI Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
CRLM Colorectal liver metastasis
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
TME Tumor microenvironment
GI Gastrointestinal
NK cell Natural killer cell
NKT cell Natural killer T cell
MAIT cell Mucosal-associated invariant T cell
Treg Regulatory T cell
MDSC Myeloid-derived suppressor cell
CD Cluster of differentiation
IFNγ Interferon gamma
TNFα Tumor necrosis factor alpha
TGF-β Tumor growth factor beta
IL Interleukin
NKG2 Natural killer group 2 receptor
OxPhos Oxidative phosphorylation
PPP Pentose-phosphate pathway
mTOR Mammalian target of Rapamycin
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
cAMP Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
LADH Lactate dehydrogenase
IDO Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase
TDO Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase
NAD Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
MCT Monocarboxylase transporter
ADCC Antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity
PGE2 Prostaglandin E2
CA Carbonic anhydrase
ROS Reactive oxygen species
FAS Fatty acid synthase
REDD1 Regulation of DNA damage response 1
HIF-1 Hypoxia inducible factor 1
MICA MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence A
TRAIL TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand
6PGDH 6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PKB Protein kinase B
PDPK1 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1