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. 2022 Feb 24;23(5):2480. doi: 10.3390/ijms23052480
TNBC Triple Negative Breast Cancer
ER Estrogen Receptor
PR Progesterone Receptor
HER2 Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2
IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer
PI3K Phosphoinositide-3-Kinase
BMI Body Mass Index
TME Tumor Microenvironment
WAT White Adipose Tissue
ECM Extracellular Matrix
ROS Reactive Oxygen Species
RNS Reactive Nitrogen Species
NF-kB Factor Kappa-Light-Chain-Enhancer
STAT-3 Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription Factor 3
STAT-5 Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription Factor 5
HIF-1a Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1-alpha
TLR4 Toll-like Receptor 4
CCL2 Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein
CSF-1 Colony-Stimulating Factor-1
JNK c-jun-NH2 Terminal Protein Kinase
GM-CSF Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
SHBG Steroid Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin
TNF-α Tumor Necrosis Factor α
IL Interleukin
IGF-1 Insulin-like Growth Factor-1
FA Fatty Acid
TCA Tricarboxylic Acid
FASN Fatty Acid Synthase
TAG Triglycerides or Triacylglycerol
SREBPs Sterol Element-Binding Proteins
UPR Uncoupled Protein Response
ATGL Adipocyte Triglyceride Lipase
HSL Hormone-Sensitive Lipase
MAGL Monoacylglycerol Lipase
FAT Fatty Acid Translocase
FABP-4 Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 4
PUFAs Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
EMT Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition
ZEB-1 Zinc Finger E-box-binding Homobox-1 Protein
ECM Extra Cellular Matrix
MT-MMP Membrane-Tethered Matrix Metalloproteases
MMP Matrix Metalloproteases
RTK Receptor Tyrosine Kinase
EGFR Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
GEF Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor
Ig Immunoglobulin
FAK Focal Adhesion Kinase
GDIs Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation Inhibitors
AMPK AMP-Activated Protein Kinase