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. 2026 Jul 30;15(15):1378. doi: 10.3390/cells15151378
AD Alzheimer’s Disease
AID Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase
ALS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
AML Acute Myeloid Leukemia
ARE AU-Rich Element
ARS2 Arsenite Resistance Protein 2 (SRRT)
ATF7IP Activating Transcription Factor 7-Interacting Protein
ATRX Alpha Thalassemia/Mental Retardation Syndrome X-Linked
C1D C1D Nuclear Receptor Co-repressor (Rrp47)
CBCA Cap-Binding Complex-ARS2
CBX1 Chromobox Protein Homolog 1 (HP1β)
CBX3 Chromobox Protein Homolog 3 (HP1γ)
CBX5 Chromobox Protein Homolog 5 (HP1α)
CDK13 Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 13
cenRNA Centromeric RNA
cGAMP Cyclic GMP-AMP
cGAS Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase
ChIP-seq Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Sequencing
CMT Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
cPcdh Clustered Protocadherin
CRISPR Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
cryo-EM Cryogenic Electron Microscopy
CSR Class-Switch Recombination
CTCF CCCTC-Binding Factor
CUT Cryptic Unstable Transcript
daRNA Downstream Antisense RNA
DIS3 Dis3 Homolog, Exosome Endoribonuclease and 3′→5′ Exoribonuclease
DIS3L DIS3-Like Exoribonuclease 1
DIS3L2 DIS3-Like Exoribonuclease 2
DNMT DNA Methyltransferase
dsRNA Double-Stranded RNA
EHMT1 Euchromatic Histone Lysine Methyltransferase 1 (GLP)
eRNA Enhancer RNA
ERV Endogenous Retrovirus
ESC Embryonic Stem Cell
Exo-9 Nine-Subunit Exosome Core
FTD Frontotemporal Dementia
FTLD Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
H3K27me3 Histone H3 Lysine 27 Trimethylation
H3K4me3 Histone H3 Lysine 4 Trimethylation
H3K9me2 Histone H3 Lysine 9 Dimethylation
H3K9me3 Histone H3 Lysine 9 Trimethylation
HCC Hepatocellular Carcinoma
HERVL Human Endogenous Retrovirus L
HP1 Heterochromatin Protein 1
HUSH Human Silencing Hub
IAP Intracisternal A-Particle
IBD Inflammatory Bowel Disease
IFN Interferon
iPSC Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell
IRF2 Interferon Regulatory Factor 2
ISG Interferon-Stimulated Gene
KAP1 KRAB-Associated Protein 1 (TRIM28)
KRAB-ZFP Krüppel-Associated Box Zinc Finger Protein
LINE-1 Long Interspersed Nuclear Element 1
lncRNA Long Noncoding RNA
LTR Long Terminal Repeat
m6A N6-Methyladenosine
MAVS Mitochondrial Antiviral-Signaling Protein
MDA5 Melanoma Differentiation-Associated Protein 5
MERVL Mouse Endogenous Retrovirus L
MiCEE Mirlet7d-C1D-Exosome-EXOSC10 Complex
MM Multiple Myeloma
MORC2 MORC Family CW-Type Zinc Finger 2
MPP6 M-Phase Phosphoprotein 6
MPP8 M-Phase Phosphoprotein 8 (MPHOSPH8)
mRNA Messenger RNA
MTR4 mRNA Transport 4 (DExH-box RNA Helicase)
ncRNA Noncoding RNA
NEXT Nuclear Exosome-Targeting Complex
OPMD Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy
PABPC1 Poly(A)-Binding Protein Cytoplasmic 1
PABPN1 Poly(A)-Binding Protein Nuclear 1
PAXT Poly(A) Tail Exosome-Targeting Connection
Pcdh Protocadherin
PCH Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia
Pol II RNA Polymerase II
PRC2 Polycomb Repressive Complex 2
PROMPT Promoter Upstream Transcript
R-loop RNA:DNA Hybrid with Displaced Single-Stranded DNA
RAN Repeat-Associated Non-AUG Translation
RBM7 RNA-Binding Motif Protein 7
RIG-I Retinoic Acid-Inducible Gene I
rRNA Ribosomal RNA
SASP Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype
SETDB1 SET Domain Bifurcated Histone Lysine Methyltransferase 1
SHM Somatic Hypermutation
SHRF Short Stature, Hearing Loss, Retinitis Pigmentosa, and Distinctive Facies
SKI Superkiller Complex
SKIV2L Superkiller Viralicidic Activity 2-Like
SMA Spinal Muscular Atrophy
snoRNA Small Nucleolar RNA
snRNA Small Nuclear RNA
STING Stimulator of Interferon Genes
SVA SINE-VNTR-Alu Retrotransposon
TAD Topologically Associating Domain
TASOR Transgene Activation Suppressor (FAM208A)
TASOR2 TASOR Paralog (FAM208B)
TE Transposable Element
TERC Telomerase RNA Component
THES Trichohepatoenteric Syndrome
TRAMP Trf4/5-Air1/2-Mtr4 Polyadenylation Complex
TREX1 Three Prime Repair Exonuclease 1
TRIM28 Tripartite Motif-Containing 28
TTC37 Tetratricopeptide Repeat Domain 37 (SKI3/Thespin)
WAPL Wings Apart-Like Protein Homolog
YTHDC1 YTH Domain-Containing Protein 1
ZC3H18 Zinc Finger CCCH-Type Containing 18
ZCCHC8 Zinc Finger CCHC-Type Containing 8
ZFC3H1 Zinc Finger C3H1-Type Containing