| RA | rheumatoid arthritis |
| NSAIDs | non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs |
| DMARDs | disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs |
| SIN | sinomenine |
| MTX | methotrexate |
| PSMB9 | proteasome subunit beta type-9 |
| LMP2 | low molecular mass protein 2 |
| IFN-γ | interferon-γ |
| WGCNA | weighted gene co-expression network analysis |
| RMA | robust multi-array average |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| BP | biological process |
| CC | cellular component |
| MF | molecular function |
| GSEA | gene set enrichment analysis |
| MSigDB | Molecular Signatures Database |
| PPI | protein–protein interaction |
| OA | osteoarthritis |
| CPM | counts-per-million |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| DEX | dexamethasone |
| TOM | topological overlap matrix |
| FLS | fibroblast-like synoviocytes |
| CFB | Complement Factor B |