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. 2021 Apr 1;13(7):1641. doi: 10.3390/cancers13071641
ACC Acetyl-CoA carboxylase
ACSL Long-chain fatty-acid-CoA ligase
ALDOA Fructose-bisphosphate aldolase A
ALL Acute lymphocytic leukaemia
AML Acute myeloid leukaemia
ATase Amidophosphoribosyltransferase
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
CAFs Cancer-associated fibroblasts
CKB Creatine kinase B-type
CML Chronic myeloid leukaemia
CPT1A Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A
CTCs Circulating tumour cells
D2HG D-2-hydroxyglutarate
DHFR Dihydrofolate reductase
EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
ENO1 Alpha-enolase
FASN Fatty acid synthase
FDA Food and drug administration (USA)
G6PD Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase
GAPDH Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase
GARFT Glycinamide ribonucleotide transformylase
GLS1 Glutaminase, kidney isoform
GLUD Glutamate dehydrogenase
GLUD1 Glutamate dehydrogenase 1, mitochondrial
GLUT1 Glucose transporter 1
GLUT3 Glucose transporter 3
GSK-3β Glycogen synthase kinase-3β
HIF1α Hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha
HK2 Hexokinase 2
IDH Isocitrate dehydrogenase
IDH1 Isocitrate dehydrogenase cytoplasmatic
IDH2 Isocitrate dehydrogenase mitochondrial
IL-6 Interleukin 6
LDH L-lactate dehydrogenase
LDHA L-lactate dehydrogenase A
LDH5 L-lactate dehydrogenase 5
MCT1 Monocarboxylate transporter 1
MCT4 Monocarboxylate transporter 4
ME1 NADP-dependent malic enzyme
MMPs Matrix metallopeptidases
NADPH Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
Nrf2 Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
PDH Pyruvate dehydrogenase
PDK1 Pyruvate dehydrogenase lipoamide kinase isozyme 1, mitochondrial
PHGDH D-3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PK Pyruvate kinase
PKM2 Pyruvate kinase M2 isoenzyme
PPP Pentose phosphate pathway
PRODH Proline dehydrogenase
PSAT1 Phosphoserine aminotransferase 1
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SCD Stearoyl-CoA desaturase
SDH5 Succinate dehydrogenase 5
SOD2 Superoxide dismutase 2
TCA Tricarboxylic acid
TGFβ Transforming growth factor-beta
TPO Thrombopoietin
TS Thymidylate synthase
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
xCT Cysteine/glutamate transporter system xCT
YAP Yes-associated protein
ZEB1 Zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 1
ZEB2 Zing finger E-box binding homeobox 2