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. 2021 Jan 18;13(2):337. doi: 10.3390/cancers13020337
3′UTR 3′ untranslated region
ADAM15 A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 15
Akt Protein kinase B
AMPK 5’ AMP-activated protein kinase
AuNP Gold nanoparticle
Bcl-2 B-cell lymphoma 2
C/EBPβ CCAAT-enhancer binding protein beta
CAF Cancer-associated fibroblast
CCR6 Chemokine receptor 6
CD4 Cluster of differentiation 4
CD8 Cluster of differentiation 8
CDH1 Cadherin 1
CSF1 Colony-stimulating factor 1
ECM Extracellular matrix
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
ERK Extracellular signal-regulated kinases
ERRγ Estrogen-related receptor gamma
FHOD1 FH1/FH2 domain-containing protein 1
FOXO3a Forkhead box O3
FOXP3 Forkhead box P3
GABPA GA-binding protein alpha chain
GION gold-iron oxide nanoparticles
GLUT1 Glucose transporter 1
HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
HIF1α Hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha
HK2 Hexokinase 2
iRGD 9-amino acid cyclic peptide (sequence: CRGDKGPDC)
LATS2 Large tumor suppressor kinase 2
LDHA Lactate dehydrogenase A
lncRNA Long non-coding RNA
LZTFL1 Leucine zipper transcription factor-like 1
MDSC Myeloid-derived suppressor cell
MEK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
miRNA microRNA
mRNA Messenger RNA
MSN Mesoporous silica nanoparticle
NF Normal fibroblast
NOTCH-1 Notch homolog 1
PDCD4 Programmed cell death protein 4
PDGF Platelet derived growth factor
PDH Pyruvate dehydrogenase
PDHX Pyruvate dehydrogenase protein X
PDK1 Phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1
PEG Polyethylene glycol
PEI Polyethylenimine
PGC-1ß (PPAR)γ coactivator-1ß
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PIK3R1 PI3K regulatory subunit alpha
PKM2 pyruvate kinase isoenzyme type M2
PLGA Poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide)
PLL Poly-L-lysine
PPM1F Protein Phosphatase, Mg2+/Mn2+ Dependent 1F
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10
RHoC Ras homolog gene family, member C
RISC RNA-induced silencing complex
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SEC23a Sec23 homolog A
SEMA4C Semaphorin 4C
SLUG Zinc finger protein SNAI2
SNAIL Zinc finger protein SNAI1
SPION Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle
STARD13 StAR-related lipid transfer domain protein 13
STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TCF4 Transcription factor 4
TEV Tumour cell-derived extracellular vesicles
TGF-ß Transforming growth factor beta
TME Tumour microenvironment
TNBC Triple negative breast cancer
tRNA Transfer RNA
TRPS1 Tricho-rhino-phalangeal syndrome type 1
TWIST Twist-related protein 1
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
VEGFR2 Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2
WIF1 Wnt inhibitory factor 1
WNT5A Wnt family member 5A
YAP1 Yes-associated protein 1
ZEB1/2 Zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox 1/2
ZNF652 Zinc finger protein 652