| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| ECL | Cysteine aspartyl-specific protease |
| HCCs | Human hepatocellular carcinoma cells |
| mTOR | Mammalian target of rapamycin |
| FACS | Fluorescence-activated cell sorting |
| MTT | 3-(4:5-dimethylthiazol-2yl)-2:5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| PARP | Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| OD | Optical density |
| SDS | Sodium dodecylsulfate |
| HK2 | Hexokinase 2 |
| PBS | Phosphate buffered saline |
| PKM2 | Phosphate buffered saline Pyruvate kinase isozymes M2 |