ACT	Adoptive cell therapy
bFGF	Basic FGF
CAFs	Cancer-associated fibroblasts
CAs	Carbonic anhydrases
Tcm	Central memory T cells
CSF1	Colony-Stimulating Factor 1
CXCR4	CXC chemokine receptor 4
cAMP	Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
CTLs	Cytotoxic T cells
CTLA-4	Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated protein 4
DCIS	Ductal carcinoma in situ
Tem	Effector memory T cells
EGFR	EGF receptor
EPCs	Endothelial progenitor cells
EGFs	Epidermal Growth Factors
EMT	Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
ER	Estrogen Receptor
EREs	Estrogen responsive elements
ERRα	Estrogen-related receptor-α
ECM	Extracellular matrix
FIH	Factor inhibiting HIF
FIH	Factors Inhibiting HIF
FGF	Fibroblast growth factor
FGFR	Fibroblast growth factor receptor
GFRs	GF receptors
GLUTs	Glucose transport
GPER	G-protein estrogen receptor
GFs	Growth factors
GH	Growth Hormone
GHR	Growth Hormone Receptor
HGF	Hepatocyte growth factor
HAPs	Hypoxia-activated prodrugs
HIFs	Hypoxia-inducible factors
HiTAsystem	Hypoxia-inducible transcription amplification system
HREs	Hypoxia-regulated elements
IDO	Indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase
IGF-IR	Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor
IGFs	Insulin-like Growth Factors
IL-	Interleukin
KS	Kaposi sarcoma
LAG3	Lymphocyte-activation gene 3
MHC-I	Major histocompatibility class-I
MMPs	Matrix metalloproteinases
mAbs	Monoclonal antibodies
TIM3	Mucin-domain containing-3
Mcl-1	Myeloid cell leukemia-1
MDSCs	Myeloid-derived suppressor cells
HNSCC	Neck squamous cell carcinoma
NRGs	Neuregulins
NO	Nitric oxide
NSCLC	Non-small cell lung cancer
Nrf2	Nuclear erythroid 2 p45–related factor 2
PDGF	Platelet-derived growth factor
PRs	Progesterone Receptors
PD-1	Programmed cell death protein 1
PHDs	Prolyl hydrolases
PHDs	Prolyl hydroxylases domains
RNS	Reactive nitrogen species
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
STAT3	Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3
STATs	Signal Transducers and Activator of Transcription
SCF	Stem cell factor
SHs	Steroid ex hormones
SO	Superoxide
TGF-α	Transforming Growth Factor-α
TGF-β	Transforming Growth Factor-β
TMs	Transition metals
TME	Tumor microenvironment
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor α
TAMs	Tumor-associated macrophages
TKIs	Tyrosine kinase inhibitors
VEGFs	Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
pVHL	Von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor