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. 2021 May 14;11:667428. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.667428
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
ncRNAs non-coding RNAs
pre-mRNAs precursor messenger RNAs
ecircRNAs exonic circRNA
EIciRNAs retained-intron or exon-intron circRNAs ciRNAs intronic circRNAs
tricRNAs tRNA intronic circRNAs
miRNAs microRNAs
RBPs RNA-binding proteins
QKI quaking
MBL muscleblind proteins
ADAR1 adenosine deaminases acting on RNA 1
SMN Survival of Motor Neuron
CDR1 cerebellum degeneration-related protein antisense
PABPN1 Poly(A)-binding protein nuclear 1
YAP Yes-associated protein
PI3K/Akt phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B
U1 snRNP U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein
snRNA small nuclear RNA
Pol II RNA polymerase II
CKIs CDK inhibitor proteins
INK4 Inhibitors of CDK4
Cip/Kip CDK interacting protein/Kinase inhibitory protein
USP7 ubiquitin-specific protease 7
HDAC2 histone deacetylase 2
RUNX3 Runt-related transcription factor 3
VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor
MAPK/MEK mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase
HIF-1 hypoxia-induced factor-1
HN1 haematopoietic-and neurologic-expressed sequence 1
MMP9 matrix metalloproteinase 9
Apaf1 apoptosis protease activating factor-1
Bcl-2 B-cell lymphoma-2
PTEN phosphatase and tensin homolog
EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
NF-κB nuclear factor-kappa B
Bak1 BCL2 antagonist/killer 1
HMGB1 high-mobility group box 1 protein
RAGE receptor for advanced glycation end products
Wnt wingless type
JAK2/STAT3 Janus kinase 2/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
PKM2 pyruvate kinase 2
HK2 Hexokinase 2
CSCs Cancer stem cells
FMRP fragile X mental retardation protein
PAX5 Paired box 5
DPP4 dipeptidyl peptidase 4
TIM-3 T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3
GRAMD1A GRAM domain-containing protein 1A
BTG2 B-cell translocation gene 2
ITGB1 β1 integrin
ABCB1 multidrug resistance protein 1
FOXO3 Forkhead Box O3
NOR1 oxidored-nitro domain-containing protein 1
SOX9 sex determining region Y-box 9
YBX1 Y box-binding protein 1
PRP19 Processing Factor 19
CSF-1 colony stimulating factor CSF-1
HDGF hepatoma-derived growth factor
HIF1AN hypoxia-inducible factor asparagine hydroxylase
HCC H precursor messenger RNAs
ecircRNAs exonic circRNA
EIciRNAs retained-intron or exon-intron circRNAs ciRNAs intronic circRNAs
tricRNAs tRNA intronic circRNAs
miRNAs microRNAs
RBPs RNA-binding proteins
QKI quaking
MBL muscleblind proteins
ADAR1 adenosine deaminases acting on RNA 1
SMN Survival of Motor Neuron
CDR1 cerebellum degeneration-related protein antisense
PABPN1 Poly(A)-binding protein nuclear 1
YAP Yes-associated protein
PI3K/Akt phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B
U1 snRNP U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein
snRNA small nuclear RNA
Pol II RNA polymerase II
CKIs CDK inhibitor proteins
INK4 Inhibitors of CDK4
Cip/Kip CDK interacting protein/Kinase inhibitory protein
USP7 ubiquitin-specific protease 7
HDAC2 histone deacetylase 2
RUNX3 Runt-related transcription factor 3
VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor
MAPK/MEK mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase
HIF-1 hypoxia-induced factor-1
HN1 haematopoietic-and neurologic-expressed sequence 1
MMP9 matrix metalloproteinase 9
Apaf1 apoptosis protease activating factor-1
Bcl-2 B-cell lymphoma-2
PTEN phosphatase and tensin homolog
EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
NF-κB nuclear factor-kappa B
Bak1 BCL2 antagonist/killer 1
HMGB1 high-mobility group box 1 protein
RAGE receptor for advanced glycation end products
Wnt wingless type
JAK2/STAT3 Janus kinase 2/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
PKM2 pyruvate kinase 2
HK2 Hexokinase 2
CSCs Cancer stem cells
FMRP fragile X mental retardation protein
PAX5 Paired box 5
DPP4 dipeptidyl peptidase 4
TIM-3 T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3
GRAMD1A GRAM domain-containing protein 1A
BTG2 B-cell translocation gene 2
ITGB1 β1 integrin
ABCB1 multidrug resistance protein 1
FOXO3 Forkhead Box O3
NOR1 oxidored-nitro domain-containing protein 1
SOX9 sex determining region Y-box 9
YBX1 Y box-binding protein 1
PRP19 Processing Factor 19
CSF-1 colony stimulating factor CSF-1
HDGF hepatoma-derived growth factor
HIF1AN hypoxia-inducible factor asparagine hydroxylase