CSCs	cancer stem cells
cryo-EM	cryogenic electron microscopy
TMD	transmembrane domain
NUDT9	Nudix hydrolase 9
ADPR	Adenosine diphosphate ribosyl
AMP	adenosine monophosphate
PLIK	phospholipase C-interacting kinase
PAX6	paired box 6
MITF	melanocyte inducing transcription factor
Raf	rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma
ERK	extracellular signal-regulated kinase
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinases
AP-1	Activator protein 1
CREB	cAMP response element-binding protein
EGR-1	early growth response protein 1
ELK1	ETS transcription factor
P2X4	purinergic P2X4
eEF2-k	eukaryotic elongation factor-2 kinase
PLCγ2	phospholipase C gamma 2
STIM2	stromal interaction molecule 2
IGF2R	insulin like growth factor 2 receptor
TGFBR2	transforming growth factor beta receptor 2
NFAT5	nuclear factor of activated T cells 5
BRAF	v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1
AKT	protein kinase B
HIF	hypoxia-inducible factor
FOXO3a	forkhead box protein O3
Nrf2	nuclear factor erythroid 2–related factor 2
FOXM1	forkhead box M1
E2F1/2	E2F transcription factor ½
CDK1	cyclin dependent kinase 1
PLK1	Polo like kinase 1
CKS1	Cyclin-dependent protein kinase regulatory subunit 1
DBTRG	Denver brain tumor research group
ULK1	Unc-51 like autophagy activating kinase 1
ATG7	autophagy related 7
ATG5	autophagy related 5
ATF4	activating transcription factor 4
MLL	mixed-lineage leukemia 1
CaMKII	Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II
PANC-1	pancreatic cancer cells
PKC	protein kinase C
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
MEK	mitogen-activated ERK kinase
LC3-II	microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3 tipe II
ULK1	Unc-51 like autophagy activating kinase 1
AMBRA1	autophagy and Beclin 1 regulator 1
ATG10	autophagy related 10
BECN1	beclin 1
BAX	BCL2 associated X
MDA-MB-231	M.D. Anderson-Metastatic Breast 231
AGS	adenocarcinoma gastric cell line
MKN45	human gastric adenocarcinoma
BNIP3	BCL2 interacting protein 3
LC3A	microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3
PTEN	Phosphatase and tensin homolog
NOD	non-obese diabetic
SCID	severe combined immunodeficiency
ccRCC	clear cell renal cell carcinoma
IGF	insulin-like growth factor
EGFR	epithelial growth factor receptor
mTOR	mechanistic target of rapamycin
GSK	glycogen synthase kinase-3
T-REx 293	tetracycline repressor protein
AN3CA	metastatic undifferentiated EC
EMT	epithelial-mesenchymal transition
PI3K	phosphoinositide 3-kinase
CRISPR	clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
CBA	4-chloro-2-[2-(2-chloro-phenoxy)-acetylamino]-benzoic acid
NBA	4-chloro-2-(2-(naphthalene-1-yloxy) acetamido) benzoic acid
LBA	4-chloro-2-(2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)propanamido) benzoic acid)
TCF/LEF	T cell factor/lymphoid enhancer factor
AKT1	AKT serine/threonine kinase 1
SNAI1	snail family transcriptional repressor 1
MIR150	MicroRNA 150
Rac1	Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1
SNARE	N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor-attachment protein receptor
CYBA	Cytochrome B-245 alpha chain
MUC2	Mucin 2, oligomeric mucus/gel-forming
GLI1	GLI family zinc finger 1
MMP-9	matrix metallopeptidase 9
NF-κB	nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
MMP-2	matrix metalloproteinase-2
TGFβ	transforming growth factor β;’RACK1, receptor of activated protein C kinase 1
uPA	Urokinase-type plasminogen activator
EGCG	Epigallocatechin-3-gallate
RAG-2	recombination activating gene 2 protein
IL2RG	interleukin 2 receptor subunit gamma
SOX4	SRY-Box transcription factor 4
BAPTA-AM	1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid tetrakis(acetoxymethyl ester)
HK2	Hexokinase 2
PDK1	phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1
IDH3B	isocitrate dehydrogenase NAD(+) 3 non-catalytic subunit beta
UQCRC1	Ubiquinol-Cytochrome C reductase core protein 1
ECAR	extracellular acidification rate
OCR	oxygen consumption rate
18F-FDG	fluorodeoxyglucose F 18
NFAT	nuclear factor of activated T-cells
NFATC	nuclear factor of activated T cells 3
Notch 1	Notch homolog 1 translocation-associated
c-myc	cellular myelocytomatosis oncogene
SOX2	SRY-Box transcription factor 2
Oct-4	octamer-binding transcription factor 4
STAT3	signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
CAV1	Caveolin 1
ITGA4	Integrin subunit alpha 4
ITGB7	integrin subunit beta 7
2-APB	2-aminoethyl diphenyl borinate
GBM	glioblastoma
BCTC	4-(3-Chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenyl]-1-piperazinecarboxamide
AMTB	N-(3-Aminopropyl)-2-[(3-methylphenyl)methoxy]-N-(2-thienylmethyl)benzamide
Cdc42	cell division cycle 42 protein
FAK	focal adhesion kinase
Rap-1A	Ras-related protein 1
BK	big potassium
Cdk4	Cyclin-dependent kinase 4
TNM	tumour, node, metastasis (staging cancer).