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. 2023 Feb 19;12(4):659. doi: 10.3390/cells12040659
AIF apoptosis-inducing factor
APAF1 apoptotic protease-activating factor 1
APC antigen-presenting cell
ASC adapter protein apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD
ASCO apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase recruitment domain
ATM ataxia telangiectasia mutated (A-T mutated)
ATR ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related
ATRIP ATR-interacting protein
BCL-2 apoptosis regulator BCL2
BCL-xL B-cell lymphoma-extra large
CDC25A/C M-phase inducer phosphatases
CDK cyclin-dependent kinase
CHK1/2 checkpoint kinases
CL Cardiolipin
CRT Calreticulin
CXCL C-X-C motif chemokine receptors
DAMPs damage-associated molecular patterns
DDR DNA damage response
DFNA5 deafness, autosomal dominant 5, isoform CRA
DIABLO direct inhibitor of apoptosis-binding protein with low
DNA-PKcs DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit
DOX Doxorubicin
DPC DNA–protein crosslink
DR5 death receptor 5
DSBs double-strand breaks
eEF-2K eukaryotic elongation factor-2 kinase
EMT epithelial–mesenchymal transition
ER Endoplasmic reticulum
ETAA1 Ewing’s tumor-associated antigen 1
ETC electron transport chain
FASL FAS antigen ligand
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FLIP FLICE/caspase-8 inhibitory protein
GATA4 GATA Binding Protein 4
GPX4 glutathione peroxidase
GSDMD/E gasdermin-D/E
GZMA/B granzyme A/B
HMGB1 high mobility group box protein B1
HR homologous recombination
IFNs Interferons
ILs Interleukins
IREs iron-response elements
IRF1 interferon regulatory factor 1
IRP1/2 iron regulatory proteins 1/2
JAK tyrosine-protein kinase JAK
JNK C-Jun N-terminal kinase
MAVS adaptor protein mitochondrial antiviral signaling
MCM2/7 minichromosome maintenance helicase complex
MDA-5 melanoma differentiation Ag-5
MDC-1 mediator of DNA damage checkpoint protein 1
MDR1 multidrug resistance 1
MHC major histocompatibility complex
MRE11 meiotic recombination 11 homolog 1
MRN MRE11–RAD50–NBS1 complex
mtDNA mitochondrial DNA
NBS1 Nibrin
nDNA nuclear DNA
NFAT nuclear factor of activated T-lymphocytes
NF-κB nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NHEJ non-homologous end joining
NK natural killer cell
NLRP3 NACHT, LRR, and PYD domains-containing protein 3
NOXA phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate-induced protein 1
NRF2 nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
P2RX7 P2X purinoceptor
PARP-1 poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1
PARs poly(ADP-ribose) polymers
PD-L1 programmed death ligand 1
PEG polyethylene glycol
PFNs Perforins
PG-P P-glycoprotein
PIKKs phosphoinositide 3-kinase-related protein kinases
PNKP polynucleotide kinase phosphatase
pRB retinoblastoma protein
PRDX2 peroxiredoxin-2
PUMA isoform 1 of Bcl-2-binding component 3, isoforms 1/2
RHINO RAD9, RAD1, HUS1 interacting nuclear orphan
RIG-1 retinoic acid inducible gene-I
RNS reactive nitrogen species
ROS reactive oxygen species
RPA replication protein A
SASP senescence-associated secretory phenotype
SOD2 superoxide dismutase 2
SMAC secondary mitochondria-derived activator of caspases
SSBR single-strand break repair
SSBs single-strand breaks
ssDNA single-stranded DNA
STAT1/2/3 signal transducer and activator of transcription 1/2/3
TAMs tumor-associated macrophages
TPD-1 tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1
TIS therapy-induced senescence
TLR4 Toll-like receptor 4
TNFR1 tumor necrosis factor receptor 1
TNF-α tumor necrosis factor α
TOPB1 topoisomerase 2-binding protein 1
TP53 cellular tumor antigen p53
TRAIL TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand
TRX1 thioredoxin-1
XRCC1 X-ray repair cross-complementing group-1