AIEC	Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli
AKT	Protein kinase B
AMPs	Antimicrobial peptides
AOM	Azoxymethane
Apc	Adenomatous polyposis coli
BAX	Bcl-2-associated X
BCL-2	B-cell lymphoma 2
BfPAI	Bacteroides fragilis pathogenicity island
CDT	Cytolethal distending toxin
CIF	Cycle-inhibiting factor
CIMP	CpG island methylator phenotype
CIN	Chromosomal instability
CLRs	C-type lectin receptors
CNF	Cytotoxic necrotizing factor
COX-2	Cyclo-oxygénase-2
CRC	Colorectal cancer
CTLA4	Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4
DAEC	Diffusely adherent Escherichia coli
DSS	Dextran sodium sulfate
EAEC	Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli
EHEC	Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
EIEC	Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
EPEC	Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
ETBF	Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis
ETEC	Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
FAP	Familial adenomatous polyposis
GM-CSF	Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor
HP-NAP	Helicobacter pylori neutrophil-activating protein
IBD	Inflammatory bowel diseases
IECs	Intestinal epithelial cells
IgA	Immunoglobulin-A
IL	Interleukin
ILC3	Innate lymphoid cells
IFN-γ	Interferon gamma
M cells	Microfold cells
MALT	Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue
MAMPs	Microbe-associated molecular patterns
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MLH1	MutL homolog 1
MSI	Microsatellite instability
mTOR	Mammalian target of rapamycin
MyD88	Myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88
NF-κB	Nuclear factor-kappa B
NLRs	NOD-like receptors
NOD	Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain
NTBF	Nontoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis
PAMPs	Pathogen-associated molecular patterns
PGE2	Prostaglandin E2
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
pks	Polyketide synthase
PRRs	Pattern recognition receptors
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
RNS	Reactive nitrogen species
SCFAs	Short-chain fatty acids
SFB	Segmented filamentous bacteria
SNP	Single nucleotide polymorphism
STAT3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
STEAEC	Shiga toxin-producing enteroaggregative Escherichia coli
TCF	T-cell factor
Th17	T helper 17
TLRs	Toll-like receptors
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor-α