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. 2025 Jul 22;26(15):7046. doi: 10.3390/ijms26157046
SARS-CoV Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
MERS-CoV Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
CoVs Coronaviruses
H1N1 Hemagglutinin Type 1 and Neuraminidase Type 1 (Influenza A subtype)
HIV-1 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1
mRNA Messenger Ribonucleic Acid
VLPs Virus-Like Particles
IVA Influenza Virus A
DENV Dengue Virus
ZIKV Zika Virus
EBOV Ebola Virus
MPXV Monkeypox Virus
RNA Ribonucleic Acid
RNP Ribonucleoprotein
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
S protein Spike Protein
ACE2 Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
DPP4 Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4
TMPRSS2 Transmembrane Protease Serine 2
NP Nucleoprotein
VP Viral Protein
GP Glycoprotein
sGP Soluble GP
L Polymerase
NTPase Nucleoside Triphosphatase
HA Hemagglutinin
vRNP Viral Ribonucleoprotein Complex
E protein Envelope Protein
CD4 Cluster of Differentiation 4
CCR5 C-C Chemokine Receptor Type 5
CXCR4 C-X-C Chemokine Receptor Type 4
NPC1 Niemann–Pick C1 Protein
E8L A Viral Envelope Protein from MPXV
EGCG Epigallocatechin Gallate
ASA, ASAI Allium Sativum Lectins
IC50 Half Maximal Inhibitory Concentration
FRET Förster Resonance Energy Transfer
Mpro/3CLpro Main Protease/3-Chymotrypsin-Like Protease (also nsp5)
PLpro Papain-Like Protease (also nsp3)
NSPs Non-Structural Proteins
RdRp RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase (also nsp12)
RTC Replication–Transcription Complex
ER Endoplasmic Reticulum
ERGIC Endoplasmic Reticulum–Golgi Intermediate Compartment
IRES Internal Ribosome Entry Site
RT Reverse Transcriptase
GAGs Glycosaminoglycans
DC-SIGN/L-SIGN Dendritic Cell-Specific Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-3-Grabbing Non-Integrin/Liver/Lymph Node-Specific ICAM-3-Grabbing Integrin
TIM-1 T-cell Immunoglobulin and Mucin-Domain-Containing-1
PI3K/Akt Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase/Protein Kinase B pathway
ELISA Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
PMF Plant Molecular Farming
DSP Downstream Processing
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
TMV Tobacco Mosaic Virus
CPMV Cowpea Mosaic Virus
HPV16 Human Papillomavirus 16
AMV Alfalfa Mosaic Virus
BaMV Bamboo Mosaic Virus-Based
FMDV Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus
AP 205 Bacteriophage AP 205
HBV Hepatitis B Virus
HEV Hepatitis E Virus
BTV Bluetongue Virus
AHSV African Horse Sickness Virus
mAb Monoclonal Antibody
KDEL Retention Signal Sequence in Proteins
ΔXF Deletion of Xylosyl- and Fucosyltransferase (enzyme activity)
CTP Cytidine Triphosphate
CCT CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase
CRISPR/Cas Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/CRISPR-Associated Protein
IgA Immunoglobulin A
INF-α Interferon Alfa
FDA Food and Drug Administration
GRFT Griffithsin
CV-N Cyanovirin-N
EC50 Half Maximal Effective Concentration
STLs Sesquiterpene Lactones
CiGAS Germacrene A Synthase from Cichorium