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. 2021 Jan 19;22(2):968. doi: 10.3390/ijms22020968
AML Acute myeloid leukaemia
AR Androgen receptor
ATRA All-trans retinoid acid
AURK Aurora kinase
BC Breast cancer
BCL2 B-cell lymphoma 2 protein
BCL6 B-cell lymphoma 6 protein
BCR B-cell receptor
BDNF Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
CDK9 Cyclin-dependent kinase 9
CREB cAMP response element-binding protein
CRC Colorectal cancer
CRISPRi Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats interference
CRPC Castration-resistant prostate cancer
CSCs Cancer stem cells
CXCL12 C-X-C motif chemokine 12
DDK1 Dickkopf-related protein 1
DLBCL Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
EBV Epstein-Barr virus
EpCAM Epithelial cell adhesion molecule
EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
EPHB4 Ephrin type-B receptor 4 (EPHB4
Erα Estrogen receptor
EZH1 Enhancer of zeste homolog 1
EZH2 Enhancer of zeste homolog 2
FAD Flavin adenine dinucleotide
GC-B Germinal center B
GSCs Glioblastoma stem cells
GSK-J4 Ethyl3-((6-(4:5-dihydro-1H-benzo[d]azepin-3(2H)-yl)-2-(pyridin-2-yl)pyrimidin-4 yl)amino)propanoate
endo-siRNAs Endogenous short rnas
H3K27me3 Tri methylation of lysine from histone 3
HATs Histone acetyltransferases
HDMs Histone demethylases
HDACs Histone deacetylases
hMSCs Histone methyltransferases
HL Hodgkin’s lymphoma
HTMs Human mesenchymal stem cells
HSCs Hematopoietic stem cells
IRF4 Regulatory factor 4 interferon
JMJD3 Jumonji Domain-Containing Protein 3 demethylase
KDM6B Lysine-specific demethylase 6B
KLF2 Kruppel Like Factor 2
lnRNAs Long non-coding rnas
LPS Lipopolysaccharides
LMP1 Latent membrane protein-1
LSD1 Lysine-specific demethylase 1
MB Medulloblastoma
MCL1 Myeloid cell leukemia 1
miRNA micro rnas
MGMT O—methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase
ncRNAs Non-coding rnas
NOTCH1 Notch receptor 1
NOTCH2NL Notch homolog 2 N-terminal-like
NOTCH3 Notch receptor 3
NK Natural killer
NPM-ALK Nucleophosmin-anaplastic lymphoma kinase
NSCLC Non-small cell lung cancer epithelial-mesenchymal transition
OIS Oncogene-induced senescence
PC Prostate cancer
PCR1 Polycomb repressive complex 1
PCR2 Polycomb repressive complex 2
PGR Progesterone receptor
PDGFRα Platelet-derived growth factor receptor A
piRNAs PIWI-interacting rnas
PTMs Post-translational modifications
PUMA p53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis
PKA Protein kinase A
PZLF Promyelocytic leukaemia zinc finger
RARβ2 Retinoic acid receptor β2
RGMA Repulsive guidance molecule A
RPS6KA2 Ribosomal protein S6 kinase A2
RTK Receptor tyrosine kinase
RUNX2 Runt-related transcription factor 2
S1PR1 Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor 1
SNAI1 Snail homolog 1
STAT3 Activator of transcription 3
T-ALL T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
TopoIIβ Topoisomerase iiβ
TRA2A Transformer 2 alpha homolog
U2AF1 2 small nuclear RNA auxiliary factor 1
USP7 Ubiquitin-specific peptidase 7
UTX Ubiquitously repeat transcribed tetratricopeptide repeat on the X chromosome
XIAP X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis
ZEB1 Zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox 1