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