Skip to main content
. 2025 Nov 27;26(23):11470. doi: 10.3390/ijms262311470
ACE Angiotensin-converting enzyme
AP-1 Activating protein-1
CT Computed tomography
DN Double negative precursor
DP Double positive precursor
FGF Fibroblast growth factor
FSH Follicle-stimulating hormone
Gal-1 Galectin-1
GCs Glucocorticoids
GCSF Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
GH Growth hormone
GHSR Growth hormone secretagogue receptor
GMCSF Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
HIV Human immunodeficiency virus
HLA-DR Human leukocyte antigen, isotype DR
IDO-1 Indolylamine 2,3-deoxygenase-1
IGF Insulin-like growth factor
IFN Interferon
IFN-αβR Interferon-alpha/beta receptor
IL Interleukin
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinase
KGF Keratinocyte growth factor
LIF Leukemia inhibitory factor
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
MCSF Macrophage colony-stimulating factor
MHC Major histocompatibility complex
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NGF Nerve growth factor
NK Natural killer
Nrf-2 Nuclear factor erythroid 2–related factor 2
OSM Oncostatin M
p75NGFr Low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor
PET-CT Positron emission tomography-computed tomography
PD-1L Programmed death-ligand 1
PKC Protein kinase C
PTMA Prothymosin-α
RE Reticuloepithelial
SAPK Stress-activated protein kinase
SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
SCF Stem cell factor
COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019
SP Single positive T cell
Tα1 Thymosin alpha-1
TCR T-cell receptor
TEC Thymic epithelial cell
TIM T-cell immunoglobulin
TLR Toll-like receptor
TNFα Tumor necrosis factor alpha
TNF-T Fusion protein of tumor necrosis factor alpha and thymosin alpha-1
TREC T-cell receptor excision circles
Treg Regulatory T cell
VSV Vesicular stomatitis virus