| DAMPs | Damage Associated Molecular Patterns |
| aSAH | Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
| IL-1 | Interleukin-1 |
| HMGB1 | High Mobility Group Box-1 |
| mtDNA | Mitochondrial DNA |
| DINDs | Delayed Ischemic Neurological Deficits |
| CVS | Cerebral Vasospasm |
| DCI | Delayed Cerebral Ischemia |
| HSPs | Heat Shock Proteins |
| PRRs | Pattern Recognition Receptors |
| S100B | S100 Calcium Binding Protein Beta |
| ECM | Extracellular Matrix |
| RAGE | Receptor for Advanced Glycation Endproducts |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal Fluid |
| BBB | Blood Brain Barrier |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor-κB |
| TLR-4 | Toll Like Receptor-4 |
| H&H | Hunt and Hess score |
| WFNS | World Federation of Neurological Surgeons score |
| GCS | Glasgow Coma Scale |
| GOS | Glasgow Outcome Scale |
| mRS | Modified Rankin Scale |
| GFAP | Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| EVD | External Ventricular Drain |
| iNOS | Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase |
| Hb | Hemoglobin |
| PPAR-γ | Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor-γ |
| Hp | Haptoglobin |
| HO-1 | Heme Oxygenase-1 |
| MDA | Malondialdehyde |
| MCP-1 | Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 |
| PDGF-AB | Platelet Derived Growth Factor-AB |
| MAPK | Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| VSMCs | Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells |
| ODN | Oligodeoxynucleotides |
| Gal-3 | Galectin-3 |
| TFAM | Mitochondrial Transcription Factor A |
| EGF-R | Endothelial Growth Factor-Receptor |
| ST2 | Suppressor of Tumorigenicity-2 |
| MMP-9 | Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 |
| ZO-1 | Zonaocculdens-1 |
| SDC-1 | Syndecan-1 |
| GGA | Geranyl Geranyl Acetone |
| cGAS | cyclic GMP-AMP synthase |
| STING | Stimulator of Interferon Genes |
| NLRP3 | Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain, Leucine-rich repeat and Pyrin domain containing protein 3 |
| NLRC4 | NLR family CARD domain containing 4 |
| AIM2 | Absent in Melanoma 2 |