AIF-1	Apoptosis - inducing factor-1
Akt	Serine/threonine-protein kinase
APC	Adenomatous polyposis coli protein
AR	Androgen receptor
ASK1	Apoptotic signal-regulated kinase 1
ATPase	Adenosine Triphosphatase
Bax	BCL2 - associated X protein
Cas 3	Caspase 3
CHIP	Carboxyl terminus of the heat shock cognate protein 70-interacting protein
c-KIT	CD117, also called KIT or C-kit receptor
Cyt C	Cytochrome c
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
ELISA	Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
ElK	ETS Like-1 protein
EMT	Epithelial–mesenchymal transition
ER	Estrogen receptor
ERK	Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase
FADD	Fas-associated protein with death domain
Fas	Apoptosis antigen 1
GRP94	Glucose regulated protein
GSK-3β	Glycogen synthase kinase 3
HSP	Heat shock protein
IκB kinas	Inhibitor of NFκB
IL	Interleukin
IFNγ	Interferon gamma
JAK	Janus kinase
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal Kinase
LEF	Lymphoid enhancer factor
MEK	MAPK/ERK kinase
p53	protein 53 or tumor protein 53
PARP	Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase
PDK1	Phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1
PI3K	Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
Pro-cas	Pro-caspase
Raf	Rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma, retroviral oncogen
Ras	Rat sarcoma, cancer associated membrane protein
SMAC	Second mitochondria-derived activator of caspase
STAT3	Signal Transducers and Activator of Transcription
SVV	Survivin
TNFα,	Tumor necrosis factor α
TRAIL	TNF - related apoptosis - inducing ligand
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
IGFR	Insulin-like growth factor receptor