ACR	American College of Rheumatology
AIA	Adjuvant-induced arthritis
ALKBH5	AlkB homologue 5
AP	Activated protein
Arg-1	Arginase-1
CIA	Collagen-induced arthritis
CNS	Central nervous system
COX	Cyclooxygenase
CRP	C-reactive protein
DAS-28	Disease Activity Score 28
DNMT	DNA methyltransferase
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
ESR	Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
FLSs	Fibroblast-like synoviocytes
FTO	Fat mass and obesity-associated protein
Gas6	Growth arrest-specific gene 6
HADC5	Histone deacetylase 5
HIFs	Hypoxia-inducible factors
IFN	Interferon
IGF2BP2	Insulin-like growth factor 2 messenger RNA -binding protein 2
IL	Interleukin
iNOS	Inducible nitric oxide synthase
IRFs	IFN regulatory factors
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
m6A	N6-methyladenosine
MAPKs	Mitogen-activated protein kinases
MCP-1	Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
Mertk	Mer tyrosine kinase
METTL3	Methyltransferase like 3
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinases
MS	Multiple sclerosis
PAMPs	Pathogen-associated molecular patterns
PBMCs	Peripheral blood mononuclear cells
PI3K	Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase
PPAR	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
PRRs	Pattern recognition receptors
RA	Rheumatoid arthritis
RF	Rheumatoid factor
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SLE	Systemic lupus erythematosus
STA	Serum-transfer arthritis
TAMs	Tumor-associated macrophages
TGF	transforming growth factor
Th1	T helper type 1
Th2	T helper type 2
TNF	Tumor necrosis factor
TLRs	Toll-like receptors
TWEAK	TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis
VAS	Visual analogue scale