AAS	Atomic absorption spectrophotometry
AP-N	Aminopeptidase N
AR	Androgen receptor
BAPTA	1,2-bis(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid
BAX	BCL2-associated X protein
BCL2	B cell leukemia/lymphoma 2
bFGF	Basic fibroblast growth factor
CD164	CD164 antigen, sialomucin
DHT	Dihydrotestosterone
ECM	Extracellular matrix
EMT	Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transformation
ERK1/2	Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2
FBL	Fibrillarin
HDAC1	Histone deacetylase 1
HIF-1α	Hypoxia inducible factor-1α
ICAM-1	Intercellular adhesion molecule 1
iCEST	Ion chemical exchange saturation transfer
IGF-1	Insulin like growth factor 1
IGFBP-3	Insulin like growth factor binding protein 3
IHC	Immunohistochemistry
IL-1	Interleukin 1
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinase
MAPKs	Mitogen activated protein kinases
MDM2	Murine double minute 2
MMP-9	Matrix metallopeptidase 9
MRI	Magnetic resonance imaging
mTOR	Mechanistic target of rapamycin kinase
NCoR	Nuclear receptor corepressor 1
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa B
PCa	Prostate cancer
PCNA	Proliferating cell nuclear antigen
PIAS1	Protein inhibitor of activated STAT 1
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PKC	Protein kinase C
PLZF	Promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger
PrEC	Prostatic epithelial cell
PSA	Prostate-specific antigen
PTEN	Phosphatase and tensin homolog
RREB-1	Ras responsive element binding protein 1
SP1	Specificity protein 1
TF-BAPTA	5,5′,6,6′-tetrafluoro-BAPTA
TFs	Transcription factors
TGFβ	Transforming growth factor β
TME	Tumor microenvironment
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor α
TPEN	N,N,N′,N′-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)-ethylenediamine
TRAMP	Transgenic adenocarcinoma of the mouse prostate
Treg	Regulatory T cell
UTR	Untranslated regions
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
VHR	Vaccinia H1-related phosphatase
ZAP-70	Zeta chain-associated protein-70
ZFs	Zinc fingers
ZIPs	ZRT- and Irt-like proteins
ZnTs	Zinc transporters
ZP	Zn-pyrithione
ZPP1	Zinpyr (ZP) family of zinc probes