RA	Rheumatoid arthritis
NSAIDS	Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
CORT	Corticosteroids
DMARDs	Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs
TNF-α	Tumor Necrosis Factor-α
IL-6	Interleukin- 6
NF-κB	Nuclear Factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
FLS	Fibroblast-like synoviocytes
CRP	C-reactive protein
RF	Rheumatoid factor
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor-α
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor-β
JAK/STAT	Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription
Akt/mTOR	Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin
LTB4	Leukotriene B4
PI3K/Akt	Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases/Akt
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
JNK	C-Jun N-terminal kinase
ERK	Extracellular regulated protein kinases
C/ebp	CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein