| ΔΨm | Mitochondrial membrane potential |
| 2-VP | 2-vinylpyridine |
| ADP | Adenosine diphosphate |
| ANT | Adenine nucleotide translocator |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| ATP5A | ATP synthase subunit |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| BC | Breast cancer |
| bFGF | Basic fibroblast growth factor |
| CCCP | Carbonyl cyanide 3-chlorophenylhydrazone |
| CD8 | Cluster of differentiation 8 |
| CICUAL | Comité Interno para el Cuidado y Uso de los Animales de Laboratorio |
| CDNB | 1-Chloro-2,4-Dinitrobenzene Solution |
| CI | Complex I |
| CII | Complex II |
| CI-NDUFB8 | CI-NADH: ubiquinone oxidoreductase subunit B8 |
| CII-SDHB | CII-Succinate dehydrogenase B |
| CIII-UQCRC2 | CIII-Ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase core protein 2 |
| CIV-MTCO1 | CIV-Cytochrome c oxidase I |
| CXCL9 | Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 9 |
| DNPH | 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine |
| DPI | Diphenylene iodonium |
| DTNB | 5,5-dithio-bis (2 nitrobenzoic) acid |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| ER | Estrogen receptor |
| ETS | Electron transport system |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GM-CSF | Granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor |
| GSH | Reduced glutathione |
| GSSG | Glutathione disulfide, glutathione oxidized |
| GSSG + GSH | Total glutathione |
| GPx | Glutathione peroxidase |
| GR | Glutathione reductase |
| GST | Glutathione S-transferase |
| GSH-TNB | Glutathione-TNB adducts |
| HEPES | 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid |
| HER2 | Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| HRP | Horseradish peroxidase |
| H2O2 | Hydrogen peroxide |
| IL | Interleukin |
| KH2PO4 | Potassium phosphate monobasic |
| MgCl2 | Magnesium chloride |
| mROS | Mitochondrial ROS |
| MCP-1 | Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 |
| MIP-1α | Macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha |
| MiR05 | Mitochondrial respiration medium |
| MnSOD | Manganese superoxide dismutase |
| NAC | N-acetyl-l-cysteine |
| NaCl | Sodium chloride |
| NADH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
| NADP | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| NaF | Sodium fluoride |
| NaH2PO4 | Sodium phosphate monobasic |
| Na2HPO4 | Sodium phosphate dibasic |
| NaN3 | Sodium azide |
| Na3VO4 | Sodium orthovanadate |
| NBT | Nitroblue tetrazolium |
| NIH | National Institute of Health |
| NSCLC | Non-small cell lung cancer |
| OD | Optical density |
| •OH | Hydroxyl radical |
| OMM | Outer mitochondrial membrane |
| OS | Oxidative stress |
| OXPHOS | Oxidative phosphorylation |
| P | OXPHOS-linked respiration |
| PD-1 | Programmed cell death protein 1 |
| PD-L1 | Programmed death-ligand 1 |
| PC-C | Palmitoyl-carnitine-CoA |
| PMG | Pyruvate plus malate and glutamate |
| PMSF | Phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride |
| PR | Progesterone receptor |
| PVDF | Polyvinylidene fluoride membranes |
| RC | Respiratory control |
| RIPA | Radioimmunoprecipitation assay |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| ROX | Non-mitochondrial respiration |
| S2 | State 2 |
| S3 | State 3 |
| S4o | State 4 induced by oligomycin |
| S | Safranin |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| SS | Saline solution |
| SDS | Sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| TBST | Tween-tris buffered solution |
| TMPD | Tetramethyl-p-phenylene diamine |
| TNB | 5-thio-2-nitrobenzoic acid |
| TNBC | Triple-negative breast cancer |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| U | Units |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| VDAC1 | Voltage-dependent anion-selective channel 1 |