AAP	acute alcoholic pancreatitis
ABD	acute biliary disease
AC	alcoholic controls
AH	alcoholic hepatitis
AIP	autoimmune pancreatitis
AMP	antimicrobial peptide
IL-1β	interleukin 1β
AP	acute pancreatitis
ARDS	acute respiratory distress syndrome
ARDS—AP	acute pancreatitis associated acute respiratory distress syndrome
BMI	body mass index
CAP	chronic alcoholic pancreatitis
CP	chronic pancreatitis
DM	diabetes mellitus
DNA	deoxyribonucleic acid
FMT	fecal microbiota transplantation
FOXP3	forkhead box P3
GPR43	G-protein-coupled receptor-43
HC	healthy controls
HTGAP	hypertriglyceridemia acute pancreatitis
ICU	intensive care unit
IL-1	interleukin 1
IL-8	interleukin 8
IL-6	interleukin 6
IL-10	interleukin 10
ISAPP	International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics
LPS	bacterial lipopolysaccharide
MAP	moderate acute pancreatitis
MSAP	moderate–severe pancreatitis
non-HTGAP	non-hypertriglyceridemia acute pancreatitis
non-NP	non-necrotizing pancreatitis
NP	necrotizing pancreatitis
rRNA	ribosomal RNA
SAP	severe acute pancreatitis
SCFAs	short-chain fatty acids
sAH	severe alcoholic hepatitis
SIBO	small intestine bacterial overgrowth
T reg	regulatory T cell
Th2	T helper 2
TLRs	Toll-like receptors
TNF-α	tumor necrosis factor-alpha
TGF-β	tumor necrosis factor-beta