ACE2	Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
ARDS	Acute respiratory distress syndrome
CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CEACAM	Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule
GWAS	Genome-wide association study
HLA	Human leucocyte antigen
IL	Interleukin
ADAMTS13	A disintegrin and metalloprotease (domain) of metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 motif 13
TLR	Toll-like receptor
Gal-9	Galectin 9
CRP	C-reactive protein
PRRs	Pattern recognition receptors
SNPs	single nucleotide polymorphism
cGAS-STING	cyclic GMP–AMP synthase (cGAS) stimulator of interferon gene (STING)
HIST1H2BO	Histone H2B type 1-O
HMGB1	High mobility group box 1 gene
NLRP3	NLR (nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat containing) family pyrin domain containing 3
TMPRSS2	Transmembrane protease serine 2
TCRA/D region	T cell receptor alpha/delta genes
TIMP1	Metalloproteinase inhibitor 1
IFNγ	Interferon gamma
IFIH	interferon induced with helicase C domain gene family
IRF	interferon regulatory factor gene family
PGE2	Prostaglandin E2
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinase
AP-1	Activator protein 1
J&J	Janssen Biotech Inc. and Johnson & Johnson
PBNT	Pfizer-BioNTech
VEGFA	Vascular endothelial growth factor A
GMCSF	Granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor
JAK 1/2	Janus kinases
SIGLEC	Sialic acid–binding, immunoglobulin (Ig)-like lectin
TKI	Tyrosine kinase inhibitor
IL6Rα	Interleukin receptor alpha
IL1R	Interleukin 1 receptor
AP-1	Activator protein-1
MAPKs	Mitogen-associated protein kinase
ERKs	Extracellular signal-regulated kinase