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. 2022 Apr 14;12:862154. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.862154
TNF Tumor necrosis factor
TACE TNF-converting enzyme
TNFR2 TNF receptor type II
TNFR1 TNF receptor type I
mTNF Membrane TNF
sTNF Soluble TNF
mTNFR2 membrane TNFR2
sTNFR2 Soluble TNFR2
TNFRSF1B TNF receptor type II
TILs Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes
THD TNF homology domain
CRD cysteine-rich domain
Tregs Regulatory T cells
Teffs Effector T cells
NK Natural killer
IL Interleukin
Th T Helper Type
Foxp3 Forkhead Box P3
DD Death domain
cIAP Cellular inhibitor of apoptosis pro ptosis protein
FADD Fas-associated DD
VEGFR2 vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2
FLICE for FADD like ICE
c-FLIP Cellular FLICE-like inhibitory protein
TRAF TNFR-associated factor
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa B
MDSCs Myeloid-derived suppressor cells
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinases
MSCs mesenchymal stem cells
BAX BCL2-associated X protein
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinase
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
IKKβ IκB Kinase beta
Akt Protein Kinase B
BMX/Etk bone marrow-expressed kinase
NIK NF-κB-inducing kinase
TISIDB Tumor and Immune System Interaction Database
AIP1 apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1)-interacting protein-1
BIRC3 cellular inhibitor of apoptosis 2
GEPIA Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis
NCR1 Natural cytotoxicity receptor 1
hnRNPK heterogeneous nuclear ribonuclear protein K
YAP Yes-associated protein
MLCK myosin light-chain kinase
NKp46 natural killer cell p46
STAT signal transducer and activator of transcription
mTOR Mammalian Target of Rapamycin
c-FLIP Cellular FLICE-like inhibitory protein
CTLA-4 Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Antigen-4
TGF-β transforming growth factor-β
PD1 programmed death-1
PDL1 programmed cell death receptor ligand 1
Ki67 Tumor proliferation marker
LAG3 Lymphocyte-Activation Gene 3
Fc Fragment crystallisable
VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor
TCGA The Cancer Genome Atlas
C-Jun transcription factor AP-1-like
OS overall survival
MLCK myosin light-chain kinase
DFS disease-free survival
CXCR4 C-X-C chemokine receptor 4
IFN-γ interferon-γ
CXCL12 chemokine C-X-C motif ligand 12
p65 NF-kB subunit
CSN5 constitutive photomorphogenic-9 signalosome
ACC Adrenocortical Carcinoma
BLCA Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma
BRCA Breast invasive carcinoma
COAD Colon adenocarcinoma
DLBC Lymphoid Neoplasm Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma
CESC Cervical squamous cell carcinoma and endocervical adenocarcinoma
CHOL Cholangiocarcinoma
HNSC Head and Neck squamous cell carcinoma
GBM Glioblastoma multiforme
ESCA Oesophageal carcinoma
KICH Kidney Chromophobe
KIRC Kidney renal clear cell carcinoma
KIRP Kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma
LAML/AML Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
LGG Brain Lower-Grade Glioma
LIHC Liver hepatocellular carcinoma
LUAD Lung adenocarcinoma
LUSC Lung squamous cell carcinoma
PAAD Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
OV Ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma
PRAD Prostate adenocarcinoma
PCPG Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
READ Rectum adenocarcinoma
SARC Sarcoma
SKCM Skin Cutaneous Melanoma
STAD Stomach adenocarcinoma
HLA-G human leucocyte antigen-G
THCA Thyroid carcinoma
THYM Thymoma
UCEC Uterine Corpus Endometrial Carcinoma
UCS Uterine Carcinosarcoma
TNBC triple-negative breast cancer
UVM Uveal Melanoma
AICD Activation-induced Cell Death
EPCs endothelial progenitor cell