AR	Allergic rhinits
ATP	Adenosine triphosphate
BV	Bioviability
Cbg	Copper-bis-glycinate
CD 4/8/3/28	Cluster of differentiation
CFSE	Carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester
COX	Cytochrome oxidase
CsA	Cyclosporin-A
Dex	Dexamethasone
DMEM F12	Dulbeccos-modified eagle medium F12
DMSO	Dimethyl sulfoxide
DPPH	2,2 diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl
EC50	Effective concentration
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
ER	Endoplsamatic reticulum
FACS	Fluorescent-activated cell-sorting buffer
FCS	Fetal calf serum
H2DCFDA	2′,7′-dichlorodihydrofluorescin diacetate
HBSS	Hank’s balanced salt solution
HCE-T	Human corneal epithelial transformed cells
IFNγ	Interferon-gamma
Ig	Immunoglobulin
IL	Interleukin
IRF3	Interferon regulatory factor 3
LD50	Lethal dose
LOX	Lysine oxidase
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
mAbs	Murine Antibodies
MIP1-β	Macrophage inflammatory protein 1-beta (Synonym: CCL4)
Nf-κB	Nuclear factor ‘kappa-light-chain-enhancer’ of activated B-cells
NMDA	N-methyl-d-aspartate
PBMC	Human peripheral blood mononuclear cell
PBS	Phosphate buffered saline
PFA	Paraformaldehyd
PMA	Phorbol-12-myristat-13-acetate
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
RPMI 1640	Roswell Park Memorial Institute Medium
RT	Room temperature
SOD	Superoxide dismutase
Th2	Type 2 helper cells
THP1	Human leukemia monocyte cell line
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor alpha
WST-1	Water-soluble tetrazolin salt