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. 2021 Oct 14;9(10):1476. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines9101476
AKT protein kinase B
AMPK adenosine monophosphate (AMP)-activated protein kinase
AP-1 activator protein1
APC adenomatous polyposis coli
ARE antioxidant response element
AUC area under curve
AuNPs gold nanoparticles
Bcl-2 B-cell lymphoma 2
Bcl-xL B-cell lymphoma-extra large
cAMP cyclic adenosine monophosphate
CDK2 cyclin-dependent kinase 2
CDK4 cyclin-dependent kinase 4
CD cyclodextrin
cGMP cyclic guanosin monophosphate
CNrasGEFs cyclic nucleotide-ras guanine nucleotide exchange factors
COX2 cyclooxygenase-2
CPC curcumin phospholipid complex
CUR curcumin
CUR-CD-CS curcumin-loaded cyclodextrin chitosan
CUR-MMs curcumin mixed micelles
CUR-MPP-TPGS-MMs curcumin-loaded methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(lactide) (mPEG-PLA)/D-α-tocopherol polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate (TPGS) mixed micelles
CUR-PSMNPs curcumin pluronic stabilized Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles
CUR-SF NPs curcumin silk fibroin nanoparticles
DAPs diarylpentanoids
DDAB dimethyl dioctadecyl ammonium bromide
DFMO difluoro-methylornithine
DHC dihydrocurcumin
DMPC dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine
DNMT1 DNA methyltransferase 1
E2F4 E2F trascription factor 4
EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor
Egr-1 early growth response 1
EMT epithelial mesenchymal transition
ERK extracellulare signal-regulated kinase
EZH2 enhancer of zeste homolog 2
FA folic acid
FA-CUR-NPs folate receptor-targeted β-cyclodextrin nanoparticles
Fas fas-associated protein with death domain
FAS fatty acid synthase
FRs folic receptors
GSH glutathione
GSK3β glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta
HA-CUR@AuNPs hyaluronic acid curcumin gold nanoparticles
HDGF hepatoma-derived growth factor
HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
HHC hexahydrocurcumin
HIF-1α hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha
HPH high pressure homogenization
IAP-2 inhibitor of apoptosis protein-2
ICAM1 intercellular adhesion molecule 1
IC50 half-maximal inhibitory concentration
IFN-g interferon gamma
IkB inhibitor of KB
IKK IκB kinase
IL-6 interleukin-6
JAK2 janus kinase 2
JNK c-jun-N-terminal kinase
LPA lysophosphatidic acid
LRP6 LDL (low density lipoprotein) receptor related protein 6
MAPK mitogen-activated protein kinase
Mcl-1 myeloid cell leukemia 1
MDM2 mouse double minute 2 homolog
MePEG-b-PCL methoxy poly (ethylene glycol) -block-polycaprolactone
miRNA microRNA
MMPs matrix metalloproteinases
MNPs magnetic nanoparticles
MPEG-P [CL-co-PDO] methoxy poly (ethylene glycol) -b-poly (ε-caprolactone-co-dioxanone)
mPEG–PCL methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)–polycaprolactone
mTOR mechanistic target of rapamycin
MUC1 mucin 1
NaCas sodium caseinate
NaCas-Lac sodium caseinate-lactose
NF-κB nuclear factor-κB
NIPAAM N-isopropylacrylamide
NPs nanoparticles
NSCLC non-small cell lung cancer
NVP N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone
ODC ornithine decarboxylase
OHC octahydrocurcumin
OPN osteopontin
PAK1 p21 (RAC1) activated kinase 1
PARP-1 poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1
PCL poly-(ε-caprolactone)
PCNA proliferating cell nuclear antigen
PDE cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase
PDE1A phosphodiesterase 1A
PEG polyethylene glycol
PEG-A poly(ethylene glycol) monoacrylate
PGA polyglycolide acid
P-gp p-glycoprotein 1
PI3K phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PLA polylactide
PLGA polylactic-co-glycolic acid
PSMNPs pluronic stabilized Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles
PSBMA poly (sulphobetaine methacrylate)
RhoA ras homolog family member A
ROCK1 rho associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase 1
ROS reactive oxygen species
SCLC small cell lung cancer
SDs solid dispersions
SIP1 smad interacting protein 1
SLNs solid lipid nanoparticles
SMOX spermine oxidase
STAT3 signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
SULT sulfotransferase
THC tetrahydrocurcumin
TNF-α tumor necrosis factor-a
TPGS d-α-Tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate
UGT UDP-glucurosyltransferase
UHRF1 ubiquitin like with PHD and ring finger domain 1
u-PA urokinase-type plasminogen activator
VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor
VHL Von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor
VP N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone
XIAP X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein
β-CD β- cyclodextrins
εCL ε-caprolactone