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. 2021 Sep 25;13(19):4798. doi: 10.3390/cancers13194798
ALDH1 Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1
AKT Protein Kinase B
BBB Blood Brain Barrier
BC Breast Cancer
BCAFs Breast Cancer Associated Fibroblasts
BMPs Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
CAA Cancer Associated Adipocyte
CAF Cancer Associated Fibroblast
CCL2 Chemokine C-C Motif Ligand 2
CCL3 Chemokine C-C Motif Ligand 3
CCL5 Chemokine C-C Motif Ligand 5
COX-2 Cyclooxygenase 2
CTCs Circulating Tumor Cells
CTLA-4 Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte-Associated Protein 4
CXCL12 C-X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 12
DSP Digital Spatial Profiling
EC Endothelial Cells
ECM Extracellular Matrix
EGF-1 Epidermal Growth Factor-1
EGFR Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
EMT Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
ER Estrogen Receptor
FAK focal adhesion kinase
FAPα Fibroblast Activation Protein Alfa
GABA Gamma Aminobutyric Acid
HER2 Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2
HGF Hepatocyte Growth Factor
IGF1 Insulin-like Growth Factor 1
IL-10 Interleukin-10
IL-1β Interleukin-1 Beta
IL-3 Interleukin 3
IL-6 Interleukin-6
JAG1 Notch Ligand Jagger1
JAK/STAT3 Janus Kinase/Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3
M1 Classically Activated Macrophages
M2 Alternatively activated Macrophages
MDSCs Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells
MMPs Matrix Metalloproteinase
NADH Reduced Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
NF-kB Nuclear Factor Kappa-Light-Chain-Enhancer of Activated B Cells
PD-1 Programmed Cell Death-1
PDGF Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
PDGFR-α Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor A
PD-L1 Programmed Cell Death-1 Ligand
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase
PR Progesterone Receptor
PTEN Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog
RANKL Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor Kappa-Β Ligand
S100A4 S100 Calcium Binding Protein A4
scRNA-seq Single Cell RNA Sequencing
STING Stimulator of Interferon Genes
TAM Tumor Associated Macrophages
TEC Tumor endothelial cells
TGF-β1 Transforming Growth Factor-Beta 1
TME Tumor Microenvironment
TNBC Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
TNFRSF4 Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 4
TNF-α Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha
VEGF Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
Wnt Wingless-related Integration Site