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. 2020 Jun 17;21(12):4325. doi: 10.3390/ijms21124325
A-RAF V-Raf murine sarcoma 3611 viral oncogene homolog 1
AKT Protein kinase B
ALK Anaplastic lymphoma receptor tyrosine kinase
AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase
APC/C Anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome
ASK1 Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1
ASO Antisense-oligonucleotide
B-RAF V-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B
Bad BCL2-associated agonist of cell death
BCL-XL B-cell lymphoma-extra large
BCL2 B-cell lymphoma 2
BET Bromodomain and extraterminal domain
BRCA Breast cancer gene
C-RAF V-Raf-1 murine leukemia viral oncogene-like protein 1
CDC25C M-phase inducer phosphatase 3
CDK Cyclin-dependent kinase
CDKN2A/B Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A/B
Chk1 Checkpoint kinase 1
CRISPR/Cas9 Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated protein 9
CSC Cancer stem-like cell
CTLA-4 Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4
DDR1 Discoidin domain receptor 1
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
ERK Extracellular regulated kinase
FAK Focal adhesion kinase
FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FGFR Fibroblast growth factor receptor
FTI Farnesyltransferase inhibitor
G12C Glycine 12 to cysteine
G12D Glycine 12 to aspartic acid
G12V Glycine 12 to valine
GAP GTPase-activating protein
GATA2 GATA-binding protein 2
GDP Guanosine diphosphate
GEF Guanine nucleotide exchange factor
GGTase I Geranylgeranyltransferase I
GTP Guanosine triphosphate
HER2–4/ERBB2–4 Human epidermal growth factor receptors 2–4
HLA Human leukocyte antigen
HRAS Harvey rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog
HSP90 Heat shock protein 90
ICMT1 Isoprenyl carboxyl methyltransferase
IGF1R Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor
IKK IkappaB kinase
IκB Nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinase
KEAP1 Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1
KRAS Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog
LKB1 Liver kinase B1
MAP3K7 Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 7
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MEK Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase
MHC II Major histocompatibility complex class II
mTOR Mechanistic target of rapamycin kinase
NF-κB Nuclear factor ‘kappa-light-chain-enhancer’ of activated B-cells
NRAS Neuroblastoma rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog
NSCLC Non-small-cell lung cancer
ORR Objective response rate
p53 Tumor protein p53
p90RSK p90 ribosomal S6 kinase
PARP Poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase
PD-1 Programmed cell death protein 1
PD-L1 Programmed cell death 1 ligand 1
PDX Patient-derived xenograft
pERK Phosphorylated ERK
PFS Progression-free survival
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PLD1 Phospholipase D1
PLK1 Polo-like kinase 1
PROTAC Proteolysis-targeting chimera
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homolog
PTPN11 Protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 11
RAC Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1
RAF Rat fibrosarcoma
RAL Ras-like protein
RALGDS Ral guanine nucleotide dissociation stimulator
RBD RAS-binding domain
RCE1 RAS-converting enzyme 1
RET RET proto-oncogene
RHOA Ras homolog family member
RNAi RNA interference
ROCK2 Rho-associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase 2
ROS Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase ROS
RTK Receptor tyrosine kinase
SNAIL2 Snail family transcriptional repressor 2
SRC V-Src avian sarcoma (Schmidt-Ruppin A-2) viral oncogene homolog
STK11 Serine/threonine kinase 11
STK3 Serine/threonine-protein kinase 3
TBK1 TANK binding kinase 1
TCA Tricarboxylic acid cycle
TCR T cell receptor
Th17 T helper 17
TIAM1 T lymphoma invasion and metastasis-inducing protein 1
Tim-3 T cell immunoglobulin mucin-3
TKI Tyrosine kinase inhibitor
TPX2 Targeting protein for Xklp2
Treg Regulatory T cells
ULK1 Unc-51-like autophagy activating kinase 1
VHL von Hippel–Lindau disease tumor suppressor
WT1 Wilms tumor 1