AB	alkali burn
d	days
UT	untreated
IL	interleukin
NaB	Sodium butyrate
HBA	β-hydroxybutyric acid
BSS	balanced salt solution
ASC	apoptosis-associated speck-like protein
B2M	beta-2-microglobulin
BCA	bicinchoninic acid
Dex	dexamethasone
NOD	nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein
NLR	NOD-like receptor
PAMPs	pathogen-associated molecular patterns
TLR	Toll like receptor
DAMPs	damage-associated molecular patterns
ANOVA	one-way analysis of variance
CARD	caspase activation and recruitment domain
QID	quater in die (in Latin, four times a day)