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. 2021 Nov 24;10(12):3288. doi: 10.3390/cells10123288
GPCR G protein-coupled receptor
PAR Protease-activated receptor
LPA Lysophosphatidic acid
WNT Wingless and Int-1
7-TM Seven transmembrane
EL Extracellular loop
LGRs Leucine-rich repeat-containing receptors
PLC PhopholipaseC
PIP2 Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate
DAG Diacylgylcerol
IP3 Inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate
PKA cAMP-dependent kinase
PKC Protein kinase C
PKG cGMP-dependent kinase
CAMKs Calcium-calmodulin regulated kinases
GIRK G-protein-gated inwardly rectifying potassium channel
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
S1P Sphingosine-1-phosphate
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
GRKs G-protein receptor kinases
Ang-II Angiotensin II
BK Bradykinin
AT1R Angiotensin-II type-1 receptor
HRH1 Human histamine receptor H1
GnRH Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
TSHR Thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor
LHCGR Luteinizing hormone receptor
FSHR Follicle-stimulating hormone receptor
SMO Smoothened
PTCH Patched
NSCLC Squamous non-small cell lung cancer
GR Glutamate receptors
AVPR Arginine vasopressin receptor
MC2R Melanocortin 2 receptor
NK Natural killer
SRF Serum response factor
AP-1 Activating protein 1
PTH Parathyroid hormone
ETAR Endothelin A receptor
MMPs Matrix metalloproteases
ECM Extracellular matrix
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
PGE2 Prostaglandin E2
COX Cyclooxygenases
NSAIDs Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications
TAMs Tumor-associated macrophages
DLBCL Diffuse large B cell lymphoma
Fz Frizzled
APC Adenomatis polyposis coli
GSK Glycogen synthase kinase
CK1 Casein kinase1
LRP Lipoprotein-related protein
ET Endothelin receptor
EMT Extracellular matrix
PCP Planar cell polarity
ROCK Rho-associated kinase
YAP Yes-associated protein
TAZ Transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif
PH Pleckstrin homology
mAChRs Muscarinic receptors
EFGR Epidermal growth factor receptor
PDGF Platelet-derived growth factor receptor
GRP Gastrin releasing peptide
BN Bombesin
HB-EGF Heparin-bound EGF
ER Estrogen receptor
STAT Signal transducer and activator of transcription
ACEis Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors
HIF-2 Hypoxia-inducible transcription factor 2
OXR Orexin receptor