| ASIA | American Spinal Injury Association |
| BCL | B-cell lymphoma |
| BMP | Bone morphogenetic protein |
| CCN | Cyclin |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| ddPCR | Droplet digital polymerase chain reaction |
| ER | Emergency room |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| FOX | Forkhead box |
| HC | Healthy control |
| ICU | Intensive care unit |
| IL | Interleukin |
| IQR | Interquartile range |
| I/R | Ischemia/reperfusion |
| miRNA | MicroRNA |
| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| Nrf2 | Nuclear factor erythroid 2–related factor 2 |
| ORA | Over representation analysis |
| OXPHOS | Oxidative phosphorylation system |
| PT | Polytrauma |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SCI | Spinal cord injury |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SMAD | Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog |
| STROBE | Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology |
| TGF-β | Transforming growth factor beta |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor alpha |