IIM	Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
DM	Dermatomyositis
HC	Healthy Controls
IMACS	International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies
MFI	Mean fluorescence Intensity
CDASI	Cutaneous Dermatomyositis Disease Area and Severity Index
VAS	Visual Analog Scale
GIT	Gastrointestinal Tract
PM	Polymyositis
IBM	Inclusion Body Myositis
ASyS	Antisynthetase Syndrome
IMNM	Immune Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy
SLE	Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
IFN	Interferon
JDM	Juvenile Dermatomyositis
PhGA	Physician Global Activity
MMT	Manual Muscle Testing
CD	Cluster of Differentiaition
cMO	Classical monocytes
iMO	Intermediate monocytes
ncMO	Non-classical monocytes
IQR	Interquartile range
anti-Jo-1	Anti-histydil-transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase antibody
anti-TIF1γ	Anti-transcriptional intermediary factor 1-gamma
anti-NXP2:	Anti-nuclear matrix protein 2
anti-Mi2:	Anti-Mi2 antibody
anti-SAE	Anti-small ubiquitin-like modifier-1 (SUMO-1) activating enzyme
anti-MDA5	Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5
anti-SRP	Anti-Signal recognition particle
anti-PL7	Anti-threonyl transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase antibody
anti-HMGCR	Anti-3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase
anti-Ku	Anti-Ku protein antibody
anti-SM-RNP	Anti-Smith- Ribonuclear Protein antibody
anti-PM-SCL	Anti-polymyositis/scl antibody
anti-Ro-52	Anti-Ro52 protein antibody
PtGA	Patient Global Disease Activity
CK	Creatine kinase
CRP	C reactive protein
LDH	Lactate dehydrogenase
HAQ	Health Assessment Questionnaire
IVIG	Intravenous Immunoglobulin
TIS	Total Improvement Score
NA	Not Applicable
IFNAR1	Type-I interferon receptor
BSL	Baseline
Mo	Month
GC	Glucocorticoid
MTX	Methotrexate
AZA	Azathioprin
MMF	Mycofenolate mofetil
RTX	Rituximab
IL	Interleukin
ISG	IFN-stimulated genes
HIV	Human immunodeficiency virus
CCL	Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand
TLR	Toll-like receptor
TNF	Tumor necrosis factor
CCR	Chemokine receptor
CVD	Cardiovascular disease
EULAR	European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology
ACR	American College of Rheumatology
MDAAT	Myositis Disease Activity Assessment Tool
DOAJ	Directory of open access journals
TLA	Three letter acronym
LD	Linear dichroism