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. 2023 Feb 7;12(4):530. doi: 10.3390/cells12040530
53BP1 TP53-binding protein 1
5-FU 5-fluorouracil
AKT RAC-alpha serine/threonine-protein kinase
APC Antigen-presenting cell
APAF-1 Apoptotic protease-activating factor 1
ATM Serine-protein kinases ataxia telangiectasia mutated
ATRIP ATR-interacting protein
BAD Bcl2-associated agonist of cell death
BAP31 B-cell receptor-associated protein 31
BER Base excision repair
BRAF Serine/threonine-protein kinase B-raf
BRCA1/2 Breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein 1/2
CDC25A/C M-phase inducer phosphatases
CDK Cyclin-dependent kinase
cGAS Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase
CHK1/2 Serine/threonine-protein kinase CHK1/2
CK2 Casein kinase II
COX2 Cyclooxygenase-2
CRT Calreticulin
CSC Cancer stem cells
CtIP CtBP-interacting protein
DAMPS Damage-associated molecular pattern molecules
DCs Dendritic cells
DDR DNA damage response
DISC Death-inducing signaling complex
DNA-PKcs DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit
DSBR Double-strand break repair
DSBs Double-strand breaks
ED Extracellular domain
eIF2α Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2A
EMT Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
ERK Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
ES-SCLC Extensive-stage small cell lung cancer
EXO1 Exonuclease 1
FA Fanconi anemia
FADD FAS-associated death domain protein
FdUMP 5-fluoro-2′-deoxyuridine 5′-monophosphate
FdUTP Fluorodeoxyuridine triphosphate
FLIP Flice-like inhibitory protein
FOXO1 Forkhead box protein O1
GADD45 45kd-growth arrest and DNA damage
GDSM Gasdermin
GZMA/B Granzyme A/B
HIF-1α Hypoxia-inducible factor alpha
HMG1/2 Nonhistone chromosomal high-mobility group 1 and 2
HMGB1 High mobility group protein 1
HR Homologous recombination
hUBF Highly similar to Human upstream binding factor
ICD Immunogenic cell death
ICLs Interstrand crosslinks
ICT Intracellular cytoplasmic tail
IFN Interferon
IL Interleukin
ILC2s Group 2 innate lymphoid cells
irAEs Immune-related adverse effects
IRF Interferon regulatory factor
ITIM Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif
ITSM Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based switch motif
JAK Tyrosine-protein kinase
JNK Jun amino-terminal kinase
KU70/80 X-ray repair cross-complementing protein 5/6
M2 Tumor-associated macrophages M2
mAbs Monoclonal antibodies
MCM2/7 Minichromosome maintenance complex
MDC-1 Mediator of DNA damage checkpoint protein 1
MDM2 Mouse double minute 2 homolog
MDSC Myeloid-derived suppressor cells
MDSCs Myeloid-derived suppressor cells
MEK Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase
MHC Major histocompatibility complex
MLH1 DNA mismatch repair protein MLH1
MMR Mismatch repair
mPGES1 Prostaglandin E synthase
MRE11 Double-strand break repair protein MRE11
MSH2/6 DNA mismatch repair protein MSH2/6
MSI Microsatellite instability
mtDNA Mitochondrial DNA
mTOR Serine/threonine-protein kinase mTOR
Nal-IRI Liposomal irinotecan
NBS1 Nibrin
nDNA Nuclear DNA
NER Nucleotide excision repair
NF-Kβ Nuclear factor NF-kappa-B p105 subunit
NHEJ Non-homologous end joining
NK Natural killer cells
OMI Serine protease HTRA2
OS Overall survival
P2RX7 P2X purinoceptor 7
PAR Polymer ADP-ribose residues
PARP-1 Poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 1
PARPi PARP inhibitor
PD-1/PD-L1 Programmed death receptor-1/programmed death ligand-1
PERK Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 3
PFN Perforins
PFS Progression-free survival
PGE2 Prostaglandin E2
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase
PKC Protein kinase C
PLCg-1 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase gamma-1
PLK Serine/threonine-protein kinase PLK
PRR Pattern recognition receptors
PS Phosphatidylserine
PTEN Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate 3-phosphatase and dual-specificity protein phosphatase
RAD50 DNA repair protein RAD50
RAD51 DNA repair protein RAD51 homolog 1
RAD52 DNA repair protein RAD52 homolog
RAP80 Receptor-associated protein 80
RNF4, -8, -168 E3 ubiquitin-protein ligases
ROS Reactive oxygen species
RPA Replication protein A
SCLC Small-cell lung cancer
SHP1/2 Src homology region 2 domain containing phosphatases
SMACK Diablo IAP-binding mitochondrial protein
SSBR Single-strand break repair
ssDNA Single-stranded DNA
STAT Signal transducer and activator of transcription
STING Stimulator of interferon genes protein
TBP TATA binding protein
TCR T-cell receptor
TGF-β Transforming growth factor β
TICs Tumor-initiating cells
TILs Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes
TLR Toll-like receptor
TLS Translesion DNA synthesis
TM Transmembrane domain
TMB Tumor mutational burden
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor α
TOPBP1 Topoisomerase 2-binding protein 1
TP53 Cellular tumor antigen p53
Tregs Regulatory T cells
WAF1/CIP1 Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1
XLF Non-homologous end-joining factor 1
XRCC4 X-ray repair cross-complementing protein 4