PCa	prostate cancer
LHRH	luteinizing hormone releasing hormone
ARs	androgen receptors
mCRPC	metastasis castration-resistant prostate cancer
PSA	prostate-specific antigen
DRE	digital rectal examination
FZD	Frizzled
KRT5	keratin 5
miR	microRNA
lncRNAs	long non-coding RNAs
siRNA	small interfering RNA
RNAi	RNA interference
RISC	RNA-induced silencing complex
mRNA	messenger RNA
PEP	phosphoenopyruvate
NF-κB	nuclear factor kappa B
Bcl-2	B-cell lymphoma 1
SATB1	special AT-rich sequence-binding protein 1
TRIM24	tripartite motif-containing protein 24
CIP2A	cancerous inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A
PARP1	poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1
EMT	epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
HIF-α	hypoxia-inducible factor-1α
ROS	reactive oxygen species
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinase
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
ESM-1	endothelial cell-specific molecule-1
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor
SALL4	Sal-like 4
TLRs	Toll-like receptors
RGD	arginine–glycine–aspartic acid
PHB1	prohibitin-1
PSMA	prostate-specific membrane antigen
i.v.	intravenous
SPIONs	superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles
EPR	enhanced permeability and retention
ADAM10	a disintegrin and metalloproteinase 10
GRPR	gastrin-releasing peptide receptor
CDCA1	cell division cycle-associated protein 1
SPR	surface plasmon resonance
PLK1	polo-like kinase 1
Tf	transferrin
ZEB1	zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 1
DANCR	differentiation antagonizing non-protein coding RNA
MEG3	lncRNA maternally expressed gene 3
PCA3	prostate cancer antigen 3
DRAIC	downregulated RNA in cancer
PCAT29	prostate cancer-associated transcript 29
GAS5	growth arrest-specific 5
CTBP1-AS	C-terminal binding protein 1 antisense
PCGEM	prostate cancer gene expression marker 1
MALAT-1	metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1
NEAT1	nuclear-enriched abundant transcript 1
PCAT5	prostate cancer-associated transcript 5
SChLAP1	second chromosome locus associated with prostate 1
HOTAIR	HOX transcript antisense RNA
SOCS2-AS1	cytokine signaling 2 antisense transcript 1
TIMP 2/3	tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase
EZH2	enhancer of zeste homolog
ZNF217	zinc finger protein 217
ZEB1	zinc-finger E-box binding homeobox 1
PRUNE2	prune homolog 2
NKX3-1	homeobox protein Nkx 3.1
FOXA1	forkhead box protein A1
BCL4	B-cell lymphoma like-2 like protein 4
SMAD3	mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 3
CTBP1	C-terminal binding protein 1 antisense
HDAC-Sin3A	histone decarboxylase paired amphipathic helix protein Sin3a complex
TMEM48	transmembrane protein 48
CKS2	cyclin-dependent kinase regulatory subunit 2
hnRNP A1	heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1
U2AF65	U2 small nuclear RNA auxiliary factor 2
DAB2IP	disabled homolog 2-interacting protein
TMPRSS2	transmembrane protease, serine 2
ERG	ETS (E-twenty-six)-related gene
SWI/SFN complex	switch/sucrose non-fermentable complex
TNSF10	tumor necrosis factor superfamily member 10
MDM2	mouse double minute 2 homolog