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. 2021 Feb 21;13(4):904. doi: 10.3390/cancers13040904
6-AN 6-aminonicotinamide
ADCC Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity
α-KG α-ketoglutarate
AKT Protein kinase B
AMP Adenosine monophosphate
AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase
CAR Chimeric antigen receptor
CARKL Carbohydrate kinase-like protein
CAT1 Cationic amino acid transporter 1
CCR7 C-C chemokine receptor type 7
cDC Conventional dendritic cells
CEBPB CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta
CPT1A Carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1A
CREB Cyclic AMP response element-binding protein
CRS Cytokine release syndrome
CTLA4 Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4
DAMP Danger-associated molecular pattern
DC Dendritic cell
DMM Dimethyl malonate
DOG 2-deoxy-glucose
ECAR Extracellular acidification rate
ER Endoplasmic reticulum
FAO Fatty acid oxidation
FATP2 Fatty acid transport protein 2
FBP1 Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase
G-CSF Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
GC–MS Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
GLUT Glucose transporter
GM-CSF Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor
GSK3β Glycogen synthase kinase 3β
G6PD Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
HIF-1α Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α
HK1 Hexokinase 1
HRE Hypoxia response element
IFN Interferon
IFNAR Interferon-alpha/beta receptor
IL Interleukin
iLDNs Immature low-density neutrophils
IKKɛ IkB kinase-ɛ
iNOS Inducible nitric oxide synthase
iRAE Immune-related adverse events
IRG1 Immunoresponsive gene 1
IRI Ischemia reperfusion injury
KEAP1 Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1
LAP Liver-enriched activated protein
LC–MS Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry
LDHA Lactate dehydrogenase A
LGL Large granular lymphocyte
LKB1 Serine/threonine kinase 11
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
MCT Monocarboxylate transporter
M-MDSC Mononuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cell
MDSC Myeloid-derived suppressor cell
MHC Major histocompatibility complex
MMP-9 matrix metalloproteinase-9
MSR1 Macrophage scavenger receptor 1
mTOR Mechanistic target of rapamycin
NET Neutrophil extracellular trap
NK Natural killer
NLR Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio
NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance
NO Nitric oxide
NOX NADPH oxidase
NRF2 Nuclear erythroid factor 2
OCR Oxygen consumption rate
ODC Ornithine decarboxylase
OxPHOS Oxidative phosphorylation
PAMP Pathogen-associated molecular pattern
PD1 Programmed cell death protein 1
PD-L1 Programmed death-ligand 1
PD-L2 Programmed death-ligand 2
pDC Plasmacytoid dendritic cells
PEP Phosphoenolpyruvate
PGC-1β PPARgamma-coactivator-1β
PGE2 Prostaglandin E2
PHD Prolyl hydroxylase
PKB Protein kinase B
PKM2 Pyruvate kinase M2
PMN-MDSC Polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cell
PPAR-γ Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ
PPP Pentose phosphate pathway
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
SCENITH Single-cell energetic metabolism by profiling translation
SCF c-Kit-derived ligand
SDH Succinate dehydrogenase
Sema3A Semaphorin 3A
SLC27 Solute carrier family 27
SRA Scavenger A receptor
SREBP Sterol regulatory element-binding protein
STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 6
STAT6 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 6
TAM Tumor-associated macrophage
TAN Tumor-associated neutrophil
TBK1 TANK-binding kinase 1
TGFβ Transforming growth factor β
TIGIT T cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains
TLR Toll-like receptor
TME Tumor microenvironment
TNBC Triple-negative breast cancer
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
VSIG4 V-set immunoglobulin-domain-containing 4