AIH	autoimmune hepatitis
AKT	protein kinase B
ANCA	antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody
APRIL	a proliferation-inducing ligand
AS	ankylosing spondylitis
BAFF	B-cell activating factor
BCMA	B-cell maturation antigen
Bcl-6	B-cell lymphoma 6
CHIP	Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential
CI	confidence interval
CIDP	chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
CXCR5	C-X-C chemokine receptor type 5
DM	dermatomyositis
HCV	hepatitis C virus
HIV	human immunodeficiency virus
HR	hazard ratio
ICOS	inducible T-cell co-stimulator
IFN-α	interferon alpha
Ig	immunoglobulin
IgA	immunoglobulin A
IgG	immunoglobulin G
IgG4-RD	immunoglobulin G4-related disease
IgM	immunoglobulin M
IL	interleukin
IL-6	interleukin 6
IL-17	interleukin 17
IL-21	interleukin 21
IL-23	interleukin 23
JAK	Janus kinase
MAGa	monoclonal autoimmune gammopathies
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
MBL	monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis
MGCS	monoclonal gammopathy of clinical significance
MGNS	monoclonal gammopathy of neurological significance
MGRhS	monoclonal gammopathy of rheumatologic significance
MGRS	monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance
MGUS	monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance
MM	multiple myeloma
NAM	necrotizing autoimmune myopathy
NCI	National Cancer Institute
NF-κB	nuclear factor kappa B
NIS	National Inpatient Sample
OR	odds ratio
PANoptosis	pyroptosis, apoptosis, and necroptosis
PBC	primary biliary cholangitis
PD-1	programmed cell death protein 1
PI3K	phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PMR	polymyalgia rheumatica
POEMS	polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, myeloma protein, and skin changes
RA	rheumatoid arthritis
SLE	systemic lupus erythematosus
SMM	smoldering multiple myeloma
SS	Sjögren’s syndrome
SSc	systemic sclerosis
STAT3	signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TACI	transmembrane activator and CAML interactor
TAFRO	thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever, reticulin fibrosis and organomegaly
T-CUS	T-cell clone of uncertain significance
Tfh	T follicular helper
Tfr	T follicular regulatory
TNF	tumor necrosis factor
TNF-α	tumor necrosis factor alpha
UCTD	undifferentiated connective tissue disease