| AERD | aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease |
| ASV | amplicon sequence variant |
| bFGF | casic fibroblast growth factor |
| CMV | cytomegalovirus |
| CoNS | coagulase-negative staphylococci |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CRD | chronic respiratory disease |
| CRS | chronic rhinosinusitis |
| CRSsNP | chronic respiratory disease without nasal polyps |
| CRSwNP | chronic respiratory disease with nasal polyps |
| CT | computed tomography |
| EBV | Epstein–Barr virus |
| ECP | eosinophilic cationic protein |
| ECRSwNP | eosinophilic chronic respiratory disease with nasal polyps |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| EPOS | European Position Paper on chronic rhinosinusitis |
| ESS | endoscopic sinus surgery |
| FESS | functional endoscopic sinus surgery |
| GM-CSF | granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor |
| GR | glucocorticoid receptor |
| GRADE | Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations |
| HHV-6 | human herpesvirus 6 |
| HSV-1 | herpes simplex virus type 1 |
| IgE | immunoglobulin E |
| IGHG1 | immunoglobulin heavy constant gamma 1 |
| IGKC | ommunoglobulin kappa constant |
| IL | interleukin |
| ILC | innate lymphoid cells |
| ITS | internal transcribed spacer |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| MRSA | methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| NECRSwNP | non-eosinophilic chronic respiratory disease with nasal polyps |
| NOS | Newcastle–Ottawa Scale |
| NP | nasal polyp |
| NSAID-ERD | nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-exacerbated respiratory disease |
| OTU | operational taxonomic unit |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| PICO | Population, Intervention, Control, and Outcome |
| PPAR | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| PROSPERO | International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews |
| QOL | quality of life |
| RIG-I | retinoic acid-inducible gene I |
| RoB | risk of bias |
| RoB 2 | version 2 of the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool |
| rRNA | ribosomal ribonucleic acid |
| TAS2R38 | taste receptor 2 member 38 |
| TFF3 | trefoil family factor peptide 3 |
| Th2 | T-helper type 2 |
| TLR | Toll-like receptors |
| TNF | tumor necrosis factor |