| AKT | AKT serine/threonine kinase |
| ALT | alanine aminotransferase |
| AST | aspartate aminotransferase |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
| c-IL-1β | cleaved interleukin-1 beta |
| CYP | cyclophosphamide |
| DAPI | 3,3′-diaminobenzidine (DAB); 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| FBS | fetal bovine serum |
| FUC | fucoidan |
| GOT | glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase |
| GPT | glutamic pyruvic transaminase |
| H&E | hematoxylin and eosin |
| IF | immunofluorescence |
| IHC | immunohistochemistry |
| IC/BPS | interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome |
| IL-1β | interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) |
| NLRP3 | nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain, leucine-rich repeat and pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank (PDB) |
| qPCR | quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) |
| siRNA | small interfering RNA |
| SV-HUC-1 | SV40-immortalized human uroepithelial cells-1 |
| TNFα | tumor necrosis factor-alpha |
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