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. 2021 May 24;22(11):5518. doi: 10.3390/ijms22115518
1,3BPG 1,3-bis-phospho-gycerate
2PG 2-phospho-gycerate
3-BP 3-bromopyruvate
3PG 3-phospho-gycerate
Ac-CoA Acetyl-coenzyme A
AKT Activates protein kinase B
ALD Aldolase
AMPK Adenosine monophosphate protein kinase
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
Bcl-xL B-cell lymphoma-extra large
BIM Bcl2 like 11
CA Carbonic anhydrase
CAB39 Calcium-binding protein 39
CAR Chimeric antigen receptor
CBP CREB-binding protein
CD Cluster of differentiation
CELF CUGBP Elav-like family member
CEST Chemical exchange saturation transfer
CHC Cyano-hydroxycinnamate
circ Circular
c-MYC Cellular myelocytomatosis
CO2 Carbon dioxide
CREB CAMP response element-binding protein
CSC Cancer stem cell
CTL Cytotoxic T lymphocyte
CTLA CTL associated protein
CXCL C-X-C motif chemokine ligand
D-2-HG D-2-hydroxyglutarate
DHAP Di-hydroxy-acetone–phosphate
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
EM Electron microscopy
EMMPRIN Extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer
EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
EN Enolase
F1,6BP Fructose-1,6-bis-phosphate
F2,6BP Fructose-2,6-bis-phosphate
F6P Fructose-6-phosphate
G6P Glucose-6-phosphate
G6PI Glucose-6-phosphate-isomerase
GA3P Glycerin-aldehyde-3-phosphate
GA3PDH Glycerin-aldehyde-3-phosphate-dehydrogenase
GBM Glioblastoma multiforme
G-CIMP CpG island methylator phenotype
Glc Glucose
GLUT Glucose transporter
GP Glycoprotein
GPR G-protein receptor
GTN Glyceryl trinitrate
H3K4me3 Histone 3K4 triple methylation
HBMEC Human brain microvascular endothelial cells
HDAC Histone deacetylase
HIF Hypoxia-inducible factor
HK Hexokinase
HRE Hypoxia–response element
IC Isocitrate
IDH Isocitrate dehydrogenase
IFN Interferon
Ig Immunoglobulin
IL Interleukin
ING4 Inhibitor of growth protein 4
IRF Interferon regulatory factor
KDM Lysine demethylase
KG Ketoglutarate
KRAS Kirsten rat sarcoma virus
Lac Lactate
LDH Lactate dehydrogenase
lncRNA Long non-coding RNA
LSINCT5 Long stress-induced non-coding transcript 5
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MAVS Mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein
MCT Monocarboxylate transporter
MIG6 Mitogen-inducible gene
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
MRSI Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
mut Mutant
MV-Edm Measles virus Edmonston strain
NADPH Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NAIF1 Nuclear apoptosis-inducing factor 1
NF Nuclear factor
NHE Na+/H+ exchanger
NO Nitric oxide
NRF Nuclear respiratory factor
OXPHOS Oxidative phosphorylation
pCMBS p-Chloro-mercuri-benzene sulfonate
PDGF Platelet-derived growth factor
PDH Pyruvate-dehydrogenase
PDHK Pyruvate-dehydrogenase-kinase
PDL Programmed cell death ligand
PEP Phospho-enol-pyruvate
PET Positron emission tomography
PFK Phosphofructokinase
PGM Phospho-glycerate-mutase
PGK Phospho-glycerate-kinase
PHD Prolyl hydroxylase
PIK3CD Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3 kinase catalytic subunit delta
PK Pyruvate-kinase
PKCδ Protein kinase Cδ
pO2 Partial pressure oxygen
Pyr Pyruvate
RAB10 Ras-related protein 10
RPN2 Ribophorin 2
ROS Reactive oxygen species
siRNA Small interference ribonucleic acid
SLC Solute carrier
SMO Smoothened
SNAI Snail homolog
SP1 Specific protein 1
STAT Signal transducer and activator of transcription
TAM Tumor-associated macrophage
TCA Tricarboxylic acid
TMD Transmembrane domain
TPI Triose-phosphate-isomerase
TSC Tuberose sclerosis complex
Ub Ubiquitinylated
UCP2 Uncoupling protein 2
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
VHL Von Hippel–Lindau
WHO World Health Organization
wt Wild-type