A	immunocompetent Acanthamoeba sp.-infected mice
AK	Acanthamoeba keratitis
AM	arithmetic mean
AM 22	amoebic strain no. 22
Med	medians
AML	acute myeloid leukemia
AS	immunosuppressed Acanthamoeba sp.-infected mice
C	immunocompetent uninfected control group mice
CA	cutaneous acanthamoebiasis
cAMP	cyclic adenosine monophosphate
COX-1	cyclooxygenase-1
COX-2	cyclooxygenase-2
CS	immunosuppressed uninfected mice
dpi	days post infection
ERK 1/2	extracellular signal-regulated kinase
PGA	prostaglandin
PGE2	prostaglandin E2
GAE	granulomatous amebic encephalitis
IK	immunocompetent
IL-4	interkeukin 4
IL-13	Interleukin 13
IL-β	interleukin 1 beta
iNOS	inducible nitric oxide synthase
IS	immunosuppressed
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinases
K-W test	Kruskal-Wallis test
LI	relative weight ratio of lungs
LPS	lipopolysaccharide
MPS	methylprednisolone sodium succinate
MRP4	multidrug resistance protein 4
NF-κB	nuclear transcription factor
NSAIDs	non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
p38	mitogen-activated protein kinase
rs	correlation coefficient
SD	standard deviation
TLR2	Toll-like receptor 2
TLR4	Toll-like receptor 4
TXs	thromboxanes
TXA2	thromboxane A2
TXB2	thromboxane B2