ACS	adaptor protein/pyrin domain of apoptosis/speck-like protein containing a caspase-recruitment domain
ATP-gated P2X7 receptor	adenosine triphosphate-gated P2X7 receptor
CAPS	cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome
CARD	caspase-recruitment domain
CARDINAL	caspase-recruitment domain-8
CD	cluster of differentiation
COX-2	cyclooxygenase-2
CRP	C-reactive protein
c-Rel	reticuloendotheliosis viral oncogene-like homolog
ESR	erythrocyte sedimentation rate
FCAS	familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome
FMF	Familial Mediterranean fever
GST-tagged	glutathione-S-transferase-tagged
HIDS	hyperimmunoglobulinemia D syndrome
IL-1β, IL-6	interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, interleukin-8, interleukin-12, interleukin-18
iNOS	inducible nitric oxide synthase
LPS	lipopolysaccharide
MA	mevalonic aciduria
MVA	mevalonic aciduria
MVK	mevalonate kinase
MWS	Muckle-Wells syndrome
NACHT	neuronal apoptosis protein/class 2 transcription factor/heterokaryon incompatibility/telomerase-associated protein-1
NALP3	nucleotide-binding domain/leucine-rich repeat/pyrin-domain containing-3
NLRP3	Nod-like receptor protein 3
NF-κB	nuclear factor-kappa B
NBC	B30.2 domain-deleted pyrin
NK	natural killer
NLR	nucleotide-binding, oligomerization domain receptor
NIMA	Aspergillus nidulans ‘never in mitosis A’
NEK7	NIMA-related kinase-7
NO	nitric oxide
PAF	platelet activating factor
PAMPS	pathogen-associated molecular patterns
PAPA	pyogenic arthritis, pyoderma gangrenosum and acne
PGE2	prostaglandin E2
PSTPIP1	proline-serine-threonine phosphatase interacting protein 1
PYD	pyrin domain
PYCARD	pyrin/caspase-recruitment domain
SAA	serum amyloid A
TNF-α	tumor necrosis factor-α
TNFRSF1A	tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 1A
NOMID/CINCA	neonatal onset multi-systemic inflammatory disease/chronic infantile neurological cutaneous articular syndrome
TRAPS	tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome