ALS	Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
As	Arsenic
bFGF	Basic fibroblast growth factor
BM-MSC	Bone-marrow mesenchymal stem cells
CC	Colorectal cancer
Cd	Cadmium
cDNA	Complementary DNA
CML	Chronic myeloid leukemia
Co	Cobalt
CO2	Carbon Dioxide
Cr	Chromium
ER-BC	Estrogen-dependent breast cancer
FADD	Fas Associated protein with Death Domain
GB	Glioblastoma
HCL	Heatmap and complete hierarchical clustering
HD	Huntington’s Disease
IPA	Ingenuity Pathway Analysis
Mn	Manganese
Mo	Molybdenum
MTT	3-(4,5-dimethylthiazolyl-2)-2,5-diphenyltetrazoliumbromide assay
Ni	Nickel
NSCLC	Non-small-cell lung cancer cells
OVC	Ovarian cancer
ORS	oxygen reactive species
Pb	Lead
PC	Prostate cancer
PM	Particulate matter
qRT-PCR	Quantitative real-time gene expression analysis
RIP	Receptor interacting protein
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
RA	Rheumatoid Arthritis
SLE	Systemic lupus erythematosus
SPSS	Statistical package for social sciences
Sr	Strontium
TIDM	Type I Diabetes Mellitus
TIIDM	Type II Diabetes Mellitus
WHO	World Health Organization
XRF	X-ray Fluorescence