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. 2026 Jun 8;18(6):706. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics18060706
ACE2 Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
ALI Air–liquid interface
ASC Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase recruitment domain
BD(s) β-sheet domain(s)
BID Twice daily
BLI Biolayer interferometry
BNIP3L BCL2/adenovirus E1B 19 kDa protein-interacting protein 3-like (NIX)
BST-2 Bone marrow stromal cell antigen 2 (tetherin)
CD317 Cluster of differentiation 317
CD(s) Cytosolic domain(s)
CNS Central nervous system
Co-IP Co-immunoprecipitation
CoV Coronavirus
COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease 2019
CRL Cullin–RING ligase
CRL2ZYG11B Cullin–RING ligase 2 containing zyg-11 family member B
CUL2ZYG11B Cullin 2–ZYG11B E3 ubiquitin ligase complex
Cryo-EM Cryo-electron microscopy
CTD C-terminal dimerisation/RNA-binding domain (of N protein)
DAA(s) Direct-acting antiviral(s)
DLT(s) Dose-limiting toxicity/toxicities
DOPE 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine
E Envelope (protein)
E3 E3 ubiquitin ligase
EC50 Half-maximal effective concentration
EC90 90% effective concentration
EEVD Glu-Glu-Val-Asp peptide motif
ELISA Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EMSA Electrophoretic mobility shift assay
ER Endoplasmic reticulum
ERGIC ER–Golgi intermediate compartment
HCoV Human coronavirus
HE Hemagglutinin-esterase
HIV-1 Human immunodeficiency virus type 1
HMA Hexamethylene amiloride
HOPS Homotypic fusion and vacuole protein sorting
Hsp90 Heat shock protein 90
IC50 Half-maximal inhibitory concentration
IDR Intrinsically disordered region
IFN Interferon
IFT46 Intraflagellar transport protein 46
Ig Immunoglobulin
IL Interleukin
IL-17RA Interleukin-17 receptor A
IRF3 Interferon regulatory factor 3
ISG Interferon-stimulated gene
ISGF3 Interferon-stimulated gene factor 3
ITC Isothermal titration calorimetry
JM Juxtamembrane
K18-hACE2 Keratin 18 human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 transgenic model
Kd Equilibrium dissociation constant
LC3 Microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3
LKR Ser/Arg-rich linker
LLPS Liquid–liquid phase separation
M Membrane (protein)
mAb(s) Monoclonal antibody/antibodies
MAVS Mitochondrial antiviral-signalling protein
MDA5 Melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5
MERS-CoV Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
MHC-I Major histocompatibility complex class I
MHV Mouse hepatitis virus
MRC Medical Research Council (UK)
Mpro Main protease (Nsp5)
mRNA Messenger RNA
N Nucleocapsid (protein)
NEDD8 Neural precursor cell expressed, developmentally downregulated 8
NF-kB Nuclear factor kappa B
NIX Mitochondrial outer-membrane receptor BNIP3L (see BNIP3L)
NLRP3 NOD-, LRR- and pyrin domain-containing protein 3
NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance
Nsp(s) Non-Structural Protein(s)
NTD N-terminal RNA-binding domain (of N protein)
Nup98 Nucleoporin 98
ORF Open reading frame
PALS1 Protein associated with Lin Seven 1
PDB Protein Data Bank
PK/PD Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics
PPI Protein–protein interaction
QD Once daily
Rae1 RNA export 1
Rab7 Ras-related protein Rab-7a
RBD Receptor-binding domain (of Spike)
RBP(s) RNA-binding protein(s)
RdRp RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (Nsp12)
RIG-I Retinoic acid-inducible gene I
RNA Ribonucleic acid
RNP Ribonucleoprotein
S Spike (glycoprotein)
SARS-CoV Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (2002–2003)
SARS-CoV-2 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
SCID Severe combined immunodeficiency
SPR Surface Plasmon Resonance
STAT Signal transducer and activator of transcription (e.g., STAT1/STAT2)
TBK1 TANK-binding kinase 1
TM Transmembrane
TMPRSS2 Transmembrane protease, serine 2
TOM70 Translocase of outer mitochondrial membrane 70
TRAF3 Tumour necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 3
VLP Virus-like particle
Vpu Viral protein U
VSV Vesicular stomatitis virus
XPO1 Exportin 1
ZYG11B Zyg-11 family member B