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. 2022 Mar 12;14(6):1462. doi: 10.3390/cancers14061462
ADP adenosine biphosphate
ATP adenosine triphosphate
ATGs autophagy genes
AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase
BCL-2 B-cell lymphoma 2
Ca2+ calcium ion
CaMKK calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase
CsA cyclosporin A
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
mtDNA mitochondrial DNA
DNA-PKcs DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit
Drp1 dynamin-related protein 1
DRAM damage regulated autophagy modulator
DAPK1 death-associated protein kinase 1
DNA-PKcs DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit
mtDNA mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
ERK extracellular signal regulated kinases
ETC electron transport chain
eIF2 eukaryotic initiation factor 2
FADH2 adenine dinucleotide
FIP200 focal adhesion kinase family interacting protein of 200 kDa
GDP guanosine diphosphate
GT guanosine triphosphate
GLUT glucose transporter
HK hexokinase
HMGB1 high mobility group box 1
HMGN5 high-mobility group nucleosome-binding domain 5
HSP90AA1 heat shock protein 90AA1
IGF2 insulin growth factor 2
IMM inner mitochondrial membrane
IRS1/2 insulin receptor substrate 1 and 2
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinase
LC3 I/II light chain I and II
LDH lactate dehydrogenase
LKB1 liver kinase B1
MCT monocarboxylate transporters
MCU mitochondrial calcium uniporter
MEK mitogen-activated protein kinase/ERK kinase
MAM mitochondrial-associated membrane
mtROS mitochondria-derived reactive oxygen species
MOMP mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization
Mnf1/2 mitofusin 1 and 2
NADH nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) hydrogen
NDRG1 N-myc down-stream regulated gene 1
OPA1 optic atrophy 1
OXPHOS oxidative phosphorylation
OMM outer mitochondrial membrane
PI3K phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PDK1 phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1
PERK protein kinase R (PKR)-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase
PE phosphatidylethanolamine
PTEN phosphatase and tensin
PIP2 phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate
PIP3 phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate
PKB phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase B
PGC1α proliferator-activated receptor-gamma co-activator 1-alpha
PFK phosphofructokinase
PGAM phosphoglycerate mutase
PI3K phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PolG DNA polymerase gamma subunit
mPPT mitochondrial permeability transition pore complex
RAS rat sarcoma
RAF rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma
RCC respiratory chain complex
Rheb ras homolog enriched in the brain
ROS reactive oxygen species
mRNA messenger ribonucleic acid
tRNA transfer ribonucleic acid
TCA tricarboxylic acid
TIGAR TP53-induced glycolysis and apoptosis regulator
TSC1/2 tuberous sclerosis complex 1 and 2
mTOR mammalian target of rapamycin complex
ULK1 unc-51-like kinase 1
VDAC1 voltage-dependent anion channel 1
VPS34 vacuolar protein sorting 34