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. 2021 Apr 22;13(9):2014. doi: 10.3390/cancers13092014
AKT Protein kinase B
AML Acute myeloid leukemia
AOS Alginate oligosaccharide
CAR Chimeric antigen receptor
CMP-Neu5Ac Cytidine 5′-monophosphate N-acetylneuraminic acid
COX-2 Cyclooxygenase-2
CRC Colorectal cancer
CSC Cancer stem cell
EGF Epidermal growth factor
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
ER Estrogen receptor
ERK Extracellular signaling-regulated protein kinase
FAK Focal adhesion kinase
FasR Fas receptor
FGFR Fibroblast growth factor receptor
FTC Follicular thyroid carcinoma
5-FU 5-fluorouracil
GDNF Glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor
GFRA1 GDNF receptor alpha 1
GLUT Glucose transporter
GSK-3 Glycogen synthase kinase 3
GPC Glioma-propagating cells
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
HDAC Histone deacetylase
HER2 Epidermal growth factor receptor 2
HIF-1 Hypoxia-inducible factor 1
ICAM-1 Intercellular adhesion molecule 1
IGF-1 Insulin-like growth factor 1
IL Interleukin
LncRNA Long noncoding RNA
MDR Multidrug resistance
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MM Multiple myeloma
MMP Matrix metalloproteinase
MLL1 Myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia 1
NEU Sialidase
Neu5Gc N-glycolylneuraminic acid
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NK Natural killer
NNMT Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase
NSCLC Non-small cell lung cancer
PC Prostate cancer
PDAC Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
PDHK Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase
PECAM Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule
PGE2 Prostaglandin E2
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PR Progesterone receptor
PSA Prostate-specific antigen
RCC Renal cell carcinoma
RET Rearranged during transfection
ST Sialyltransferase
STAT5 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 5
sTn Sialyl-Tn
TAM Tumor-associated macrophage
TF Transcription factor
TGF Transforming growth factor
TIL Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte
TMD Transmembrane domain
TNBC Triple negative breast cancers
TNF Tumor necrosis factor
TNFR Tumor necrosis factor receptor
UBC Urinary bladder cancer
USF1 Upstream stimulatory factor 1
UTR Untranslated region
VASN Vasorin
VCAM-1 Vascular cell adhesion protein 1
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
VEGFR Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor