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. 2021 Feb 3;13(4):601. doi: 10.3390/cancers13040601
ABCG2 ATP-binding cassette super-family G member 2
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
CAF Cancer-associated fibroblast
CDA Cytidine deaminase
CYR61 Cysteine-rich angiogenic inducer 61
DCK Deoxycytidine kinase
DCTD Deoxycytidylate deaminase
ECM Extracellular matrix
EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
EMMPRIN Extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer
FAK Focal adhesion kinase
FASN Fatty acid synthase
GAS6 Growth arrest—specific 6
GISS Growth-induced solid stress
GM-CSF Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
HA Hyaluronic acid
HIF-1α Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α
hENT-1 Human nucleoside transporter 1
iCAF Inflammatory cancer-associated fibroblast
IFP Interstitial fluid pressure
IGFR/AXL Insulin-like growth factor/AXL receptor tyrosine kinase
IQGAP1 Ras GTPase-activating-like protein
myCAF Myofibroblastic cancer-associated fibroblast
MMP Matrix metalloproteinases
mTOR Mechanistic target of rapamycin
NEAA Non-essential amino acids
NT5C1A Cytosolic 5´-nucleotidases 1A
OXPHOS Oxidative phosphorylation
PC Pancreatic cancer
PDAC Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
PEGPH20 Pegvorhyaluronidase alfa
PSC Pancreatic stellate cell
PSC-CM PSC-conditioned medium
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SATB-1 Special AT-rich sequence-binding protein-1
TCA Tricarboxylic acid
TME Tumor microenvironment
4E-BP1 Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E binding protein 1