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. 2020 Jan 22;9(2):273. doi: 10.3390/cells9020273
Ac4ManNAz Per-O-acetylated N-azido-acetylmannosamine;
AGF Angiogenic growth factor;
CMAS Cytosine 5′-monophosphate N-acetylneuraminic acid synthetase;
CAR-T cell Chimeric antigen receptor T-Cell;
CMAH Cytidine monophosphate N-acetylneuraminic acid hydroxylase;
CMP-Neu5Ac Cytidine-5′-monophospho-N-acetylneuraminic acid;
EGF Epidermal growth factor;
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor;
EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition;
ERK Extracellular signal–regulated kinases;
FAK Focal adhesion kinase;
Fc The fragment crystallizable region of antibody;
GalNAc N-acetylgalactosamine;
GNE Hydrolyzing UDP-GlcNAc 2-epimerase/ManNAc-6-kinase;
HER Human epidermal growth factor receptor;
HPLC High performance liquid chromatography;
IgA/G/M Immunoglobulin A/G/M;
ITIM Immunoreceptor tyrosine based inhibitory motif;
LC-MS Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry;
LSA Glycolipid-bound sialic acids;
MAL Maackia amurensis lectin;
MALDI-TOF MS Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry;
ManNAc N-acetyl-D-mannosamine;
MAP Mitogen-activated protein;
MS Mass spectrometry;
NAL N-acetylneuraminate lyase;
NANP Neu5Ac-9-phosphate phosphatase;
NANS Neu5Ac 9-phosphate synthase;
NCAM Neural cell adhesion molecule;
NEU Neuraminidase; sialidase; acetylneuraminyl hydrolase;
Neu5Ac N-acetylneuraminic acid;
Neu5Gc N-glycolylneuraminic acid;
NK cell Natural killer cell;
PD-1/PD-L1 Programmed cell death protein 1/ligand 1;
PECAM Platelet endothelial cells adhesion molecule;
PEP Phosphoenolpyruvate;
Siglec Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectins;
SNA Sambucus nigra lectin;
TMT Tandem mass tag;
TSA Total sialic acid;
UDP-GlcNAc Uridine diphosphate N-acetylglucosamine;
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor;
VEGFR Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor.