PCD	Programmed cell death
RCD	Regulated cell death
DAPI	4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole-dihydrochloride
TUNEL	Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP Nick End Labeling
TdT	Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase
Br-dUTP	5-bromo-2′-deoxyuridine 5′-triphosphate
FITC	Fluorescein isothiocyanate
Caspase	Cysteine-dependent aspartyl protease
DED	Death effector domain
CARD	Caspase recruitment domain
DD	Death domain
Apaf-1	Apoptotic protease-activating factor 1
TNFR	Tumor necrosis factor receptor
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor alpha
TNFR1	Tumor necrosis factor receptor 1
FasL	Fas ligand
TL1A	Tumor necrosis factor-like cytokine 1A
DR3	Death receptor 3
DR4	Death receptor 4
DR5	Death receptor 5
DcR3	Decoy receptor 3
FADD	Fas-associated protein with death domain
FLICE	Fas-associated death domain protein interleukin-1β-converting enzyme
c-FLIP	Cellular FLICE inhibitory protein
DISC	Death-inducing signaling complex
PS	Phosphatidylserine
PM	Plasma membrane
Ab	Antibody
T cells	Thymus-derived lymphocytes
MOMP	Mitochondrial outer membrane permeability
SMAC	Second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases
WD40	Tryptophan-aspartic acid (W-D) domain
Bax	Bcl2 antagonist X protein
Bak	B cell lymphoma 2-associated X protein
Bcl2	B-cell lymphoma 2
Bcl2-XL	B-cell lymphoma extra large
ER	Endoplasmic reticulum
HOCl	Hypochlorous acid
AP-3	Adaptor protein 3
UPR	Unfolded protein response
HI	Heterokaryon incompatibility
rsk	Resistance to spore killer gene
dsRNA	Double stranded RNA
dsDNA	Double stranded DNA
ssDNA	Single stranded DNA
M-P1	M1 species protoxin
Gag Pol	Group antigen polymerase
PI	Propidium iodide
H2O2	Hydrogen peroxide
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
MAP	Mitogen-activated protein
Ras	Homologous to RAS proto-oncogene
cAMP	Cyclic adenosyl monophosphate
PKA	Protein kinase A
AIF	Apoptosis-inducing factor
AMID	AIF-like mitochondrion-associated inducer of death
IAP	Inhibitor of apoptosis proteins
TatD	Twin arginine translocation D
EGTA	Ethylene glycol-bis(β-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N’,N’-tetraacetic acid