RA	Rhematoid arthritis
IL	Interleukin
Th17	T helper cell producing IL-17
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor-alpha
RANK	Receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB
RANKL	Receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand
DMARD	Disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug
CIA	Collagen-induced arthritis
Ig	Immunoglobulin
IFN-γ	Interferon-gamma
ELISA	Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
SEM	Standard error of the mean
RORγt	RAR-related orphan receptor γ t
STAT3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
pSTAT3	Phospho-signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
RT-PCR	Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction
Blimp-1	B lymphocyte-induced maturation protein-1
AID	Activation-induced cytidine deaminase
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
M-CSF	Macrophage-colony stimulating factor
TRAP	Tartrate resistant acid phosphatase
MMP9	Matrix metalloproteinase 9
OSCAR	Osteoclast-associated immunoglobulin-like receptor
CTR	Calcitonin receptor
NFATc1	Nuclear factor of activated T-cells 1.
NF-κB	Nuclear factor-κB