| AGEs | Advanced glycation end products |
| Akt | Protein kinase B |
| AMPK | Activated protein kinase |
| ATG5 | Autophagy protein 5 |
| Bad | Bcl2 Associated Agonist Of Cell Death protein |
| Bax | Bcl2 Associated X protein |
| Bcl-2 | B-cell lymphoma 2 |
| BRCA1 | Breast cancer 1 gene |
| cAMP | Cyclic adenosine monophosphate |
| CDC25A | Cell division cycle 25 A gene |
| CDK-1,-2,-4,-6 | Cyclin dependent kinase |
| cIAP1,2 | Cellular Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein 1 |
| cip1 | CDK- interacting protein |
| CISD2 | CISD2 gene |
| c-Myc | Cellular myelocytomatosis oncogene |
| COX-2 | Cyclooxygenase-2 |
| EGFR | Epidermal growth factor receptor |
| ERK, ERK1/2 | Extracellular regulated kinase |
| FoxA2 | Forkhead box protein A2 |
| FoxO3a | Forkhead box protein o3a |
| GADD45 | Growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein |
| Glut1 | Glucose transporter 1 |
| GRP78 (BiP) | Binding immunoglobulin protein |
| HK2 | Hexokinase-2 |
| IL-6,-8 | Interleukin-6,-8 |
| IRK | The arabidopsis receptor kinase |
| JNK | C-Jun N-terminal Kinase |
| KHSRP | Kh-type splicing regulatory protein |
| Kv10.1 | Kv10.1 potassium channel |
| LC3-II | Light chain membrane protein |
| LDHA | Lactate dehydrogenase A |
| LDH-A | Lactate dehydrogenase A |
| Mcl-1 | Induced myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein |
| MEK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase |
| MGMT | Methylated-DNA—protein-cysteine methyltransferase |
| miR-146a | Micro Ribonucleic Acid 146a |
| MMP-2,-9 | Matrix metalloproteinase-2,-9 |
| mTOR | Mammalian target of rapamycin protein |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor kappa B |
| p21, p65, p62, p53, p38, p27 | Protein 21,65,62,53,38,27 |
| PARP | Poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 1 |
| PDK3,1 | Pyruvate dehydrogenase |
| pERK | R-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase |
| PGE2 | Prostaglandin E2 |
| Phosphor-eIF2α | Phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor-2 alpha |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| Pin1 | Prolyl isomerase |
| p-JNK | Phosphorylated c-Jun N-terminal Kinase (JNK) |
| PKB | Protein kinase B |
| PKC | Protein kinase C |
| PKM2 | Pyruvate kinase m2 |
| rad51 | RAD51 Recombinase (gene) |
| RAGE | Advanced glycosylation end product-specific receptor |
| Ras | Ras protein |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SHP-1 | Protein tyrosine phosphatase shp 1 |
| SIRT-1 | Sirtiuin 1 |
| SOX2 | Sry-box transcription factor 2 |
| STAT3 | Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 |
| TCF4 | Transcription factor 4 (gene) |
| TIMP-2 | Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase 2 |
| TLR4 | Toll-like receptor 4 |
| TNF- α | Tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| ULK-1 | Unc-51 like autophagy activating kinase 1 |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |
| VEGFR | Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor |
| Waf1 | Wild type p53 activated protein-1 |
| ZIP9 | Zinc transporter 9 |