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. 2023 Jan 5;28(2):525. doi: 10.3390/molecules28020525
67LR 67 kDa laminin receptor
ADAM A disintegrin and metalloprotease
ADAMTS9 ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 motif 9
ADAMTSL4 ADAMTS like 4
AGEs Advanced glycation end products
AKT Protein kinase B
AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase
AP-1 Activator protein 1
BMP-6 Bone morphogenetic protein-6
CAMK II Calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II
CI Confidence interval
EC Epicatechin
ECG Epicatechin gallate
EGCG Epigallocatechin gallate
EGF Epidermal growth factor
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
ERK1/2 Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2
F-actin Filamentous actin
FAK Focal adhesion kinase
GM-CSF Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
Hsp27 Heat shock protein 27
HUVECs Human umbilical vein endothelial cells
IGF-II Insulin-like growth factor-II
IL Interleukin
JNK c-Jun aminoterminal kinase
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MMPs Matrix metalloproteinases
MT1-MMP Membrane-type1 MMP
NF-κB Nuclear factor-κB
ORs Odds ratios
OSCC Oral squamous cell carcinoma
p38 Protein-38
PDGF Platelet-derived growth factor
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase
Pit-1 POU class 1 homeobox 1 transcription factor
PMA Phorbol myristate acetate
PSA Prostate-specific antigen
qPCR Quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction
RAGE Receptor for AGEs
RANKL Receptor activator of the nuclear factor kappa ligand
RhoC Ras homolog family member C
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SiRNA Small interfering RNA
Sp1 Specificity protein 1
STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TGF-β Transforming growth factor-β
TIMP Tissue inhibitor of MMP
TNFα Tumor necrosis factor α
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
WNT Wingless and Int-1