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. 2021 Aug 31;22(17):9451. doi: 10.3390/ijms22179451
ABC ATP-binding cassette
ABCB1 ATP-binding cassette B1 Transporter
ABCC1 ATP-binding cassette C1 Transporter
ABCC2 ATP-binding cassette C2 transporter
ABCC5 ATP-binding cassette C5 Transporter
ABCG2 ATP-binding cassette G2 Transporter (Junior blood group)
ADC Antibody-drug conjugate
Akt Protein kinase B
ALK Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
ALL Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
ATM Ataxia telangiectasia mutated
BAX BCL2 associated X
BCL-2 B-cell lymphoma 2
BCL-XL B-cell lymphoma-extra large
BCRP Breast cancer resistance protein
BCSCs Breast cancer stem cells
CSCs Cancer stem cells
ctDNA circulating tumor DNA
CTRP Clinical trials reporting program
Cul3 Cullin3
CYP Cytochrome P450
DDR DNA damage response
DKK1 Dickkopf-1
EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
EMT-TFs EMT-inducing transcriptional factors
FA Folic acid
FOXC2 Forkhead box C2
FOXM1 Forkhead box M1
GDSC Genomics of drug sensitivity in cancer
GST Glutathione S-transferase
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma cells
ICAM-1 Intercellular adhesion molecule 1
KEAP1 Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1
LFA-1 Leukocyte function-associated antigen 1
LncRNA Long non-coding rnas
LRP Lung resistance-related protein
LSCC Lung squamous cell carcinoma
LUAD Lung adenocarcinoma
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MDR Multidrug resistance
MGMT Methylguanine DNA methyltransferase
MRE11 Double strand break protein
MRP1 Multidrug resistance-associated protein 1
MRP2 Multidrug resistance protein 2
NFE2L2 Nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2
NFkB Nuclear factor-κB
NSCLC Non-small cell lung cancer
OS Overall survival
PARP Poly(ADP-Ribose) polymerase 1
PBM Planetary ball milled
PET Positron emission tomography
P-gp P-glycoprotein
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PSA Prostate-specific antigen
RFC Reduced folate carrier
TGF-β Transforming growth factor β
TKI Tyrosine kinase inhibitor
TME Tumor microenvironment
Topo-II Topoisomerase II
TTF Time to treatment failure
Tβ4 Thymosin β4
UCA1 Urothelial cancer associated 1
UNRES Unexpectedly resistant
VCAM vascular adhesion molecule
VEGFR Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor
VLA-4 Very late antigen 4
Wnt6 Wnt family member 6
ZEB1 Zinc finger e-box binding homeobox 1