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. 2025 May 4;47(5):330. doi: 10.3390/cimb47050330
α-Gal Galactose-α-1,3-galactose
AANAT Arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase
AAV Adeno-associated virus
ASFV African swine fever virus
ASMT Serotonin N-acetyltransferase
AV Adenovirus
BLG β-Lactoglobulin
Cas9 CRISPR-associated protein 9
CD163 Cluster of Differentiation 163 protein
CDK2 Cyclin-dependent kinase 2
CJEU Court of Justice of the European Union
CMAH Cytidine-monophospho-N-acetylneuramine
CRISPR Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
crRNA CRISPR RNA
CSFV Classical swine fever virus
CSN1S1 Casein-alpha 1
DMD Duchenne muscular dystrophy
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
DSB Double-strand break
E-HEV Hepatitis E virus
E2F1 E2F Transcription Factor 1
E7 E7 protein
FAH Fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase
FDA Food and Drug Administration
GM-CSF Granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor
GMO Genetically modified organism
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
HDR Homology-directed repair
HNH Histidine–asparagine–histidine endonuclease domain
HPV Human papilloma virus
HTI Hereditary tyrosinemia type I
HTT Huntingtin
IFNB1 Interferon-β
IGA Intentional genomic alteration
KI Knock-in
KO Knock-out
LALBA α-Lactalbumin
LF Lactoferrin
LV Lentivirus
MARA Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
MSTN Myostatin
NHEJ Nonhomologous end joining
NLS Nuclear localization signal
NRAMP1 Natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1
OVA Ovalbumin
PAM Protospacer adjacent motif
PBMC Peripheral blood mononuclear cells
PCMV Porcine cytomegalovirus
PERV Porcine endogenous retrovirus
PGC1α PPARγ coactivator 1α
PLHV Porcine lymphotropic herpes virus
PPARγ Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ
PRNP Cellular prion protein
PRRSV Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus
PRV Pseudorabies virus
PUFA Polyunsaturated fatty acid
RB Retinoblastoma protein
RGEN RNA-guided endonuclease
RNA Ribonucleic acid
RNAi RNA interference
RuvC Crossover junction endodeoxyribonuclease RuvC
SCNA α-Synuclein
SCNT Somatic cell nuclear transfer
SFAT-1 Synthesized fatty acid desaturase-1
sgRNA Single-guide RNA
shRNA Hairpin structure RNA
TALENs Transcription activator-like effector nucleases
TLR22 Toll-like receptor 22
tracrRNA Trans-activating CRISPR RNA
UPC1 Uncoupling protein 1
ZFNs Zincfinger nucleases
α-Gal Galactose-∝1,3-galactose