Abbreviations

Routes of drug administration

Route Abbreviation Description
Intracerebroventricular Into the ventricles of the brain
Intra-arterial Into the lumen of an artery
Intracerebral Into the brain
Intradermal Into the dermal layer of the skin
Intramuscular Into a skeletal muscle
Intragastric Into the stomach
Intraperitoneal Into the spinal canal
Intravenous Into a vein
Oral By mouth
Subcutaneous Under the skin
  once a day
  twice a day
  three times a day

Targets

Abbreviation Description
V-abl Abelson murine leukemia viral oncogene homolog 1
anaplastic lymphoma kinase
Ataxia telangiectasia mutated
B-Raf proto-oncogene serine/threonine-protein kinase (B-RAF), also known as V-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1
B-cell lymphoma 2
breakpoint cluster region
cysteine-aspartic proteases or cysteine-dependent aspartate-directed proteases
co-receptors chemokine receptor 5
Cyclin-dependent kinase
Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
Cathepsin K, abbreviated CTSK
CD117, also called KIT or C-kit receptor
mesenchymal-epithelial transition factor
DNA-dependent protein kinase
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4
Epidermal growth factor receptor
also known by the eponym Stuart-Prower factor or as prothrombinase
Fibroblast growth factor receptor
fms-like tyrosine kinase receptor-3
farnesyl thiosalicylic
Glycogen synthase kinase 3
Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor 2
an intercellular signaling molecule called Hedgehog (Hh)
Histone deacetylase
Hypoxia-inducible factor
heat-shock protein-70
heat-shock protein-90
Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor
Janus kinase
c-Jun N-terminal kinases
Kinesin spindle protein
Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase
MAPK/ERK kinase
metabotropic glutamate receptors
Mammalian target of rapamycin
Nuclear factor κ B
p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase
protein 53 or tumor protein 53
Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase
platelet-derived growth factor receptor
phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1
ρ factor
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases
protein kinase C
Polo-like kinase
renin-angiotensin system
RNAP or RNApol
sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1,also known as S1P1 or EDG1 (endothelial differentiation gene 1)
Secreted phospholipases A2
Rous sarcoma oncogene cellular homolog
Signal Transducers and Activator of Transcription
also called baculoviral inhibitor of apoptosis repeat-containing 5 or BIRC5
Transforming growth factor
Tumor necrosis factors
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor -platelet derived growth factor receptor
Small cell protein, a mitotic inhibitor kinase
a combination of Wg (wingless) and Int