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. 2020 Jul 24;21(15):5264. doi: 10.3390/ijms21155264
AhR Aryl hydrocarbon receptor
AhRR Aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor
AIP Immunophilin-like Ah receptor-interacting protein)
Aldh3a1 Aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3, subfamily 1
ARNT Aryl hydrocarbon nuclear translocator
BaP Benzo[a]pyrene
BC Breast cancer
BCRP Breast cancer resistance proteins
BRCA BReast CAncer gene
CDK 4/6 Cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6
CDKN1A Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A
c-Myc Avian Myelocytomatosis virus oncogene cellular homolog
COX2 Cyclooxygenase-2
CpG C phosphate G
CRM1 Chromosomal Maintenance 1
CYP1A1 Cytochrome P450 family 1 subfamily A member 1
CYP1A2 Cytochrome P450 family 1 subfamily A member 2
CYP1B1 Cytochrome P450 family 1 subfamily B member 1
DDT Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DMBA Dimethyl-benz(a)anthracene
E2 Estradiol
ECC-1 endocervical cancer cells
EGFR Epithelial growth factor receptor
EGR1 Early growth response 1
ESR1 Estrogen receptor gene
ER Estrogen receptor
FICZ 6-formylindolo[3,2-b] carbazole
Gstα1 Glutathione S-transferase, alpha 1
HAHs Halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons
HepG2 Hepatoma G2
HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
HIF-1β Hypoxia-induced factor β
HSPs90 Heat shock proteins 90
IAA Indole-3-acetic acid
ICZ Indol [3,2-b]carbazole
IDO Indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase
IGF Insulin growth factor
IKKα Inhibitor kappa B kinase α
IL1β Interleukin 1β
IL-6 Interleukin 6
IL-8 interleukin-8
iNO induced nitric oxide oxide
KLF6 Kruppel-like factor 6
Kyn Kynurenine
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
LT-α1β2 Lymphotoxin-α1β2
MCF 10F Michigan Cancer Foundation 10 Floating
MDA-MB231 M.D. Anderson - Metastasis Breast 231
MMP Matrix metalloproteinase
mPGE2S microsomal PGE2 synthase
MPR2 Multidrug resistance protein 2
MPR3 Multidrug resistance protein 3
mRNA Messenger ribonucleic acid
NC-XREs Nonconsensus response elements
NF-kB Nuclear Factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NIK NF-κB-inducing kinase
Nqo1 NAD(P)H dehydrogenase quinone 1
OATP Anionic transport proteins
OCTP Organic cationic transport proteins
OSM OncoStatin M
p23 Proteolytically resistant 23-kDa protein
PAHs Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PAI-1 plasminogen activator inhibitor-1
PARP Poly ADP ribose polymerase
PCBs Polychlorinated biphenyls
PGE2 Prostaglandin E2
PLAU Plasminogen activator urokinase
PMA Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate
pp60(c-src) Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase 60 (Sarcoma)
PR Progesterone receptor
RelA V-Rel reticuloendotheliosis viral oncogene homolog A
RelB V-Rel Reticuloendotheliosis viral oncogene homolog B
SAhRMs Selective AhR modulators
STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TCDD 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
TDO Tryptophan-2,3-dioxygenase
TiPARP TCDD-inducible poly ADP-ribose polymerase
TNBC Triple negative breast cancer
TNFR Tumor necrosis factor receptor
TNFα Tumor necrosis factor-α
Ugt1a6 UDP glucuronosyltransferase family 1 member A6
Wnt Wingless/Integrated
XA Xanthurenic acid
XAP2 Hepatitis B virus X-associated protein 2
XPO1 Exportin 1
XREs Xenobiotic response elements