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. 2020 Oct 22;9(11):2342. doi: 10.3390/cells9112342
ADT Androgen-deprivation therapy
4EBP1 4E (eIF4E)-binding protein 1
AMO Antisense anti-miR oligonucleotide
AR Androgen receptor
BER Base excision repair
BRCA1 Breast cancer susceptibility protein 1
BRCA2 Breast cancer susceptibility protein 2
C2D C2 domain
Cas9 CRISPR-associated protein 9,
CHK1 Cyclin D1 and checkpoint kinase 1
cIAP-1 Cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein-1
CRISPR Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat
CRPC Castrate-resistant prostate cancer
CTC Circulating tumor cell
CXCL8 C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 8, interleukin 8
DDR DNA damage response
DEPTOR Disheveled, EGL-10 and pleckstrin (DEP) domain-containing mTOR-interacting protein
DHT Dihydrotestosterone
DRE Digital rectal examination
DSBs Double-strand breaks
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
EMT Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
ECM Extracellular matrix
FISH Fluorescence in situ hybridization
FOXO Forkhead box protein O
GAS6 Growth arrest-specific protein 6
GSK3β Glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta
GPCR G-protein coupled receptor
HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
HRR Homologous recombination repair
IHC Immunohistochemistry
IL6 Interleukin 6
IL8 Interleukin 8
ITSN Intersectin
LNA Locked nucleic acid
MAN2C1 α-mannosidase 2C1
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MAPKAP1 Mammalian stress-activated protein kinase-interacting protein 1
mCRPC Metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer
MDSC Myeloid-derived suppressor cells
MEF Mouse embryonic fibroblast
miRNA Micro ribonucleic acid
mHSPC Metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer
mLST8 Mammalian lethal with SEC13 protein 8
MMR Mismatch repair
mpMRI Multiparametric MRI
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
mTORC1 Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1
mTORC2 Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2
NER Nucleotide excision repair
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa light chain enhancer of activated B cells
NHEJ Non-homologous end joining
NSCLC Non-small-cell lung carcinoma
OncomiRs Oncogenic miRNAs
P Phosphorylation event
PBD PIP2-binding domain
PARP Poly-ADP ribose polymerase
PDK1 Phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1
PH domain Pleckstrin homology domain
Phos D Phosphatase domain
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PIP2 Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate
PIP3 Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate
PKB Protein kinase B, AKT
PKC Protein kinase C
PKCε Protein kinase C epsilon
PKCζ Protein kinase C zeta
PRAS40 Proline-rich AKT substrate of 40 kDa
PREX1 PIP3-dependent Rac exchanger 1
PREX2 PIP3-dependent Rac exchanger 2
PSA Prostate-specific antigen
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10
RAPTOR Regulatory-associated protein of mTOR
RBD Ras-binding domain
RHEB Ras homolog enriched in brain
RICTOR Rapamycin-insensitive companion of mTOR
rPFS Radiographic progression-free survival
RFS Recurrence-free survival
RTK Tyrosine kinase receptor
S6K Ribosomal protein S6 kinase/p70 ribosomal S6 kinase
SGK1 Serum- and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1
SGK2 Serum- and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 2
SGK3 Serum- and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 3
siRNA Small interfering RNA
SMIR Small-molecule inhibitors of miRNA
SRC-3 Steroid receptor co-activator 3
SSBs Single-strand breaks
TAM Tumor-associated macrophage
TSC1 Tuberous sclerosis complex 1
TSC2 Tuberous sclerosis complex 2
TSIs Tumor–stroma interactions
VAV3 Vav guanine nucleotide exchange factor 3