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. 2022 Dec 6;23(23):15440. doi: 10.3390/ijms232315440
2H2022 Second half of the year 2022
AbTAC Antibody-based PROTAC
AD Atopic dermatitis
ADMET Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity
AGA Androgenetic alopecia
AhR Aryl hydrocarbon receptor
AID Auxin-inducible degron
ALK Anaplastic lymphoma kinase
AML Acute myeloid leukemia
AR Androgen receptor
ASGPR Asialoglycoprotein receptor
ASO Antisense oligonucleotide
aTAG
ATP
AchillesTag
Adenosine triphosphate
ATTEC Autophagy tethering compound
AUTAC Autophagy targeting chimera
AUTOTAC Autophagy targeting chimera
Bcl B-cell lymphoma
BCL-xL B-cell lymphoma-extra large
BCR Breakpoint cluster region protein
BET Bromo- and extra-terminal family
BIAC Bispecific aptamer chimera
BRAF V-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1
BRD Bromodomain-containing protein
BTK Bruton’s tyrosine kinase
CAR Chimeric antigen receptor
CDC20 Cell division cycle 20
CDK Cyclin-dependent kinase
Cer Ceritinib
cIAP Cellular inhibitor of apoptosis
CI-M6PR Cation-independent mannose-6-phosphonate receptor
CK1α Casein kinase 1α
CK2 Casein kinase 2
CLIPTAC In-cell-click-formed proteolysis targeting chimera
CLL Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
CMA Chaperone-mediated autophagy
CPP-LSS Cell-penetrating peptide and lysosome-sorting sequence
CRABP I/II Cellular retinoic acid-binding protein 1/2
CRBN Cereblon
CREPT Cell cycle-related and expression elevated protein in tumor
CRISPR Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
CT Computed tomography
CYP1B1
DCAF5
Cytochrome p450 family 1 subfamily B member 1
DDB1 and CUL4 associated factor 5
DCAF DDB1 and CUL4 associated factor
DHODH Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase
DHX36 DEAH-box-protein 36
DLBCL
DNA
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma
Deoxyribonucleid acid
dsDNA Double-stranded DNA
dTAG Degrader tag
DUB Deubiquitinating enzyme
DUBTAC Deubiquitinase-targeting chimera
eEF2K Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
eIF4E Eukaryotic initiating factor 4E
EML4 Echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4
ER Estrogen receptor
ErbB3 Erb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 3
ERK Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
ESR1 Estrogen receptor 1
EZH2 Enhancer of zeste homolog 2
FAK Focal adhesion kinase
FDA Food and drug administration
FEM1B Feminization-1 homolog b
FKBP FK506-binding proteins
FLT3 Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3
FOXO1
GlueTAC
Forkhead box protein O1
GlueBody Chimera
GNPs Gold nanoparticles
GPD1L Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 1 like protein
GREB1 Growth regulating estrogen receptor binding 1
GSTP1
G4
G1 to S phase transition 1
G-quadruplex
HDAC Histone deacetylase
HECT Homology to E6AP C terminus
HER Human epidermal growth factor receptor
HIF-1-alpha Hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha
HIP1R Huntingtin-interacting protein 1–related
HPK1 Hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1
HS
HyT
IAP
Hidradenitis suppurativa
Hydrophobic tagging
Inhibitors of apoptosis protein
IDO1 Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1
IGF-1R Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor
IKZF IKAROS zinc finger family
IMiD Immunomodulatory drug
IND Investigational new drug
IRAK4 Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4
ITK
IV
Interleukin-2-inducible T-cell kinase
Intravenous injection
JAK Janus kinase
JAMM Jab1/MPN domain-associated metallopeptidase
KEAP1 Kelch-like ECH associated protein 1
LC3 Microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3
LD Lipid droplets
LEF1 Lymphoid enhancer binding factor 1
LGL Large granular lymphocyte
LHRH Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone
LIR LC3-interacting region
LTR Lysosomal targeted receptor
LYTAC Lysosome targeting chimera
MCL Mantle cell lymphoma
Mcl-1 Myeloid cell leukemia-1
MCPIP Monocyte chemotactic protein-induced protein
mCRPC Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
MDM2 Mouse double minute 2
MEK Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase
Met Mesenchymal epithelial transition
mHTT Mutant huntingtin
MINDY Motif interacting with Ub-containing novel DUB family
miR-96 MicroRNA 96
MJD Machado–Joseph disease protein domain
MM Multiple myeloma
MoDE-A Molecular degrader of extracellular proteins through the ASGPR
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
MTH1 MutT homolog-1
MyD88 Myeloid differentiation primary response 88
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NHL Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
NRAS Neuroblastoma RAS viral oncogene homolog
NSCLC Non-small cell lung cancer
NTRK Neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase
NVOC Nitroveratryloxycarbonyl
OTU Ovarian tumor protease
PARP1 Poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 1
PB1 Phox and Bem1 domain
PDE Phosphodiesterase
PD-L1 Programmed death-ligand 1
PDX Patient derived xenograft
PEG Polyethylene glycol
PHOTAC Photochemically targeting chimera
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinases
PLK1
PO
Polo-like kinase 1
Per os
POI Protein of interest
POLY-PROTAC Polymeric PROTAC
Pom Pomalidomide
PR Progesterone receptor
PRC Polycomb repressive complex
PRMT5 Protein arginine methyltransferase 5
PROTACs Proteolysis targeting chimeras
PTB Phosphotyrosine-binding
PTK-7 Protein kinase-like 7
R/R Relapsed/refractory
RAS Rat sarcoma
RBFOX1 RNA binding Fox-1 homolog 1
RBM23 RNA binding motif protein 23
RBM39 RNA binding motif protein 39
RBP RNA binding protein
RBR RING-between-RING
RHAU RNA helicase associated with AU-rich element
RIBOTAC Ribonuclease Targeting chimera
RING Really interesting new gene
RIPK2
RNA
Receptor interacting serine/threonine kinase 2
Ribonucleic acid
RNF RING finger protein
RTK
SC
Receptor tyrosine kinase
Subcutaneous injection
SCLC Small cell lung cancer
SERD Selective estrogen receptor degrader
SGK Serum/glucocorticoid regulated kinase family member
SH2 Src homology 2
SHP2 Src homology 2 domain containing protein tyrosine phosphatase-2
siRNA Small interfering RNA
SirT2 Sirtuin 2
SLC9A1 Solute carrier family 9 member A1
SLE Systemic lupus erythematosus
SLL Small lymphocytic lymphoma
SMARCB1 SWI/SNF related, matrix associated, actin dependent regulator of
chromatin, subfamily B, member 1
SNIPER Specific and non-genetic inhibitors of apoptosis protein (IAP)-dependent
protein eraser
SPAAC Strain-promoted azide–alkyne cycloaddition
SRC-1 Steroid receptor coactivator-1
STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TACC3 Transforming acidic coiled-coil containing protein 3
TBK1 TANK-binding kinase 1
TCF T-cell factor
TCL T-cell lymphomas
TCO Trans-cyclooctene
TF Transcription factor
TFF Trefoil factor
TGF-β1 Transforming growth factor beta 1
TI Tumor-infiltrating
TOI Transcription factor of interest
TPD Targeted protein degradation
TPS Targeted protein stabilization
TRAFTAC Transcription factor targeting Chimera
Treg Regulatory T cell
TRIM24 Tripartite motif containing 24
TrkA Tropomyosin receptor kinase A
TZ Tetrazine
Ub Ubiquitin
UCH Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase
UPS Ubiquitin-proteasome system
USP Ubiquitin-specific protease
UV Ultraviolet
VEGFR Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor
VHL Von Hippel-Lindau
WM Waldenström macroglobulinaemia
XIAP X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein
ZUFSP Zn-finger and UFSP domain protein
α1A-AR Alpha-1A adrenergic receptor