| HA | Hemagglutinin |
| NA | Neuraminidase |
| PCD | Programmed cell death |
| NP | Nucleoprotein |
| M | Matrix protein |
| NS | Non-structural protein |
| PA | Polymerase acidic protein |
| PB | Polymerase basic protein |
| M | Matrix protein |
| vRNP | Viral ribonucleoprotein |
| vgRNA | Viral genomic RNA |
| vmRNA | Viral messenger positive sense RNA |
| cRNA | Complementary positive-sense RNA |
| PRR | Pattern recognition receptors |
| TLR | Toll like receptor |
| RIG-I | Retinoic acid-inducible gene-I |
| ZBP1/DAI | Z-DNA-binding protein 1/ DNA-dependent activator of IFN-regulatory factors |
| NOD | Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain |
| AIM2 | Absent in melanoma 2 |
| IFN | Interferon |
| ISGs | Interferon stimulated genes |
| 2′-5′-OAS | 2′-5′-oligoadenylate synthetase 1 |
| CAD | Caspase-dependent Dnase |
| ICAD | Inhibitor of CAD |
| TNF | Tumor necrosis factor |
| FasL | Fas ligand |
| TRAIL | TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand |
| DR | Death receptor |
| FADD | Fas associated protein with death domain |
| Bcl2 | B-cell lymphoma 2 |
| Bid | BH3 interacting domain death agonist protein |
| Apaf-1 | Apoptotic protease activating factor 1 |
| DAMPs | Damage-associated molecular patterns |
| RIPK | Receptor interacting kinase |
| MLKL | Mixed lineage kinase domain-like |
| RHIM | RIP homophtypic interaction motifs |
| IL | Interleukin |
| CARD | Caspase activation and recruitment domain |
| PYD | Pyrin domain |
| NAIP | Neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein |
| CIITA | MHC class II transcription activator |
| HET-E | Incompatibility locus protein from Podospora anserina |
| TP1 | Telomerase-associated protein |
| NACHT | NAIP, CIITA, HET-E and TP1 |
| LRR | Leucine-rich repeats |
| NLRP | NACHT, LRR and PYD domains-containing protein |
| ASC | Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing CARD |
| NETs | Networks of extracellular fibers |