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. 2020 Dec 17;25(24):5986. doi: 10.3390/molecules25245986
PTX Paclitaxel
NCI National Cancer Institute
T. brevifolia Taxus brevifolia
BMS Bristol-Myers Squibb
FDA Food and Drug Administration
EMA European Medicines Agency
NSCLC Non-small-cell lung carcinoma
PDAC Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
MVA Mevalonate
MEP methylerythritol phosphate
IPP Isopentenyl pyrophosphate
DMAPP Dimethylalyl pyrophosphate
taxadiene Taxa-4(5),11(12)-diene
IDI Isopentenyldiphosphate isomerase
GPPS Geranylpyrophosphate synthase
GGPPS Geranylgeranylpyrophosphate synthase
10-DAB 10-deacetyl baccatin III
E. coli Escherichia coli
S. cerevisiae Sacharomyces cerevisiae
B. subtillis Bacillus subtilis
CrEL Cremophor EL
MTD Maximum authorized dose
ROS Reactive-oxygen species
GSH Glutathione
PEG polyethylenglycoly
AUC Area under the concentration–time curve
P-gp P-glycoprotein
mPEG-PDLLA Monomethoxy-poly (ethylene glycol)-block-poly(d,l-lactide)
PVP-b-PNIPAAM poly-(vinylpyrrolidone)-b–poly-(N-isopropyl acryl-amide)
WHO Word Health Organization
MTA Microtubule Targeting Agent
ER Endoplasmic reticulum
Bcl-2 B-cell Leukemia 2
BAX Bcl-2-associated X protein
MMP Mitochondrial membrane potential
ATG5 Autophagy protein 5
TLR4 Toll-like receptor 4
PAMPs Pathogen-associated molecular patterns
HIF-1 Hypoxia-inducible factor 1
KRT17 keratin 17
FNDC5 Fibronectin type III domain-containing protein 5
MDR1 Multidrug resistance-associated protein 1
ABC ATP-binding cassette
RTK Receptor tyrosine kinase
TKIs Inhibitors of receptor tyrosine kinases
MUC-1 Mucin 1
PFL Penfluridol
FoxM1 Forkhead protein 1
PHB1 Prohibitin 1
SSTA Somatostatin analogue
SSTR Somatostatin receptor
MAPK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase
LdA Lactate dehydrogenase
Pdk2 Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
PN Peripheral neuropathy (PN)
lncRNA Long noncoding RNA
EGOT Eosinophil granule ontogeny transcript
FER1L4 Fer-1-like family member 4
LINC-PINT lncRNA intergenic non-protein-coding RNA p53-induced transcript
UCA1 Urothelial Carcinoma-Associated 1
ABCB1 ATP Binding Cassette Subfamily B Member
LINC01118 Long Intergenic Non-Coding RNA 1118
lncRNA SDHAP1 LnRNA succinate dehydrogenase complex flavoprotein subunit A pseudogene 1
EIF4G2 Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4 gamma 2
CCAT1 Colon cancer-associated transcript 1
FSCN1 Fascin1
CAAs Cancer-associated adipocytes
CAFs Cancer-associated fibroblasts
(CTSL Cathepsin L
SIK2 Salt-inducible kinase 2
IKBKB IκB kinase β
E2F5 E2F transcription factor 5
MCT1 Monocarboxylic acid solute transporter 1
KEAP1 Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1
ITGB1 Upregulation of integrin beta-1
ITPR1 Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Type 1