| AMA | Antimitochondrial antibodies |
| ASyS | Antisynthetase syndrome |
| ATF6 | Activating transcription factor 6 |
| ATG12 | Autophagy related 12 |
| cGAS | Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase |
| cGAMP | Cyclic GMP-AMP |
| CK | Creatine kinase |
| cN1A | Cytosolic 5′-nucleotidase 1A |
| DDIT3 | DNA damage-inducible transcript 3 |
| DM | Dermatomyositis |
| DMARDs | Disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs |
| Drp1 | Dynamin-related protein 1 |
| eIF2α | Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 subunit alpha |
| EMG | Electromyography |
| ER | Endoplasmic reticulum |
| Fis1 | Fission protein 1 |
| GLP-1 | Glucagon-like peptide-1 |
| GRP78/BiP | Glucose-regulated protein 78/binding immunoglobulin protein |
| GSDMD | Gasdermin D |
| HIIT | High-intensity interval training |
| HMGβ1 | High-mobility group box 1 |
| HMGCR | 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase |
| IBM | Inclusion body myositis |
| IFN | Interferon |
| IIM | Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy |
| ILD | Interstitial lung disease |
| IMNM | Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy |
| IVIG | Intravenous immunoglobulin |
| IL | Interleukin |
| MAA | Myositis-associated autoantibodies |
| MDA-5 | Melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 |
| Mfn | Mitofusin |
| MHC-1 | Major histocompatibility complex class I |
| MLKL | Mixed lineage kinase domain-like protein |
| MSA | Myositis-specific autoantibodies |
| mtDNA | Mitochondrial DNA |
| MyoD | Myogenic differentiation 1 |
| NETs | Neutrophil extracellular traps |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| NLRP | Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain, Leucine rich Repeat and Pyrin domain containing |
| NXP-2 | Nuclear matrix protein 2 |
| OM | Overlap myositis |
| OxPHOS | Oxidative phosphorylation |
| P2X7 | P2X purinergic receptor 7 |
| PBC | Primary biliary cholangitis |
| PERK | Protein kinase RNA-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase |
| PGAM5 | Phosphoglycerate mutase family member 5 |
| PM | Polymyositis |
| RIPK | Receptor-interacting protein kinase |
| ROS | Reactve oxygen species |
| RyR1 | Ryanodine receptor 1 |
| SAE | Small ubiquitin-like modifier-1 activating enzyme |
| SDHB | Succinate dehydrogenase subunit B |
| sHSP | Small heat shock proteins |
| SRP | Signal recognition particle |
| STING | Stimulator of interferon genes |
| TGFβ | Transforming growth factor beta |
| TIF-1γ | Transcriptional intermediary factor 1 |
| TLR9 | Toll-like receptor 9 |
| TNFα | Tumor necrosis factor-alpha |
| TOM20 | Translocase of outer mitochondrial membrane 20 |
| UPR | Unfolded protein response |