| AIM2 | absent in melanoma 2 |
| BCG | Bacillus Calmette–Guérin |
| CIN | cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, and penile |
| CyPB | cyclophilin B |
| Dlg | Discs Large |
| DNMT1 | DNA methyltransferase |
| ds DNA | Double-stranded DNA |
| EGCG | epigallocatechin gallate |
| EGFR | epidermal growth factor receptor |
| EV | epidermodysplasia verruciformis |
| FGFR | fibroblast growth factor receptor |
| GAGs | glycosaminoglycans |
| HSPG | heparan sulfate proteoglycans |
| hTERT | human telomerase reverse transcriptase |
| ICTV | International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses |
| IRHC | International Human Papillomavirus Reference Center |
| KLK8 | kallikrein-8 |
| L or S | lineage or sublineage |
| LCR | long control region |
| LLO | Listeria monocytogenes listeriolysin O |
| MMR | Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (vaccine) |
| NMSC | non-melanoma skin cancer |
| ORF | open reading frame |
| pAE | early polyadenylation sites |
| PaVe | The Papilloma Virus Episteme |
| PDGFR | platelet-derived growth factor receptor |
| PI3K | phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase |
| PIN | penile intraepithelial neoplasia |
| PML NBs | promyelocytic leukemia nuclear bodies |
| PPD | (tuberculin) purified protein derivative |
| PRR | pattern recognition receptors |
| PSD95 | Post Synaptic Density 95 |
| PTPN14 | Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Non-Receptor Type 14 |
| PV | papillomaviruse |
| TB | Taxonomy Browser |
| VIN | vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia |
| ZO-1 | Zona Occludens 1 |