| AKT/PKB | Protein Kinase B |
| AMP | Anti-Microbial Peptide |
| CXCL | Chemokine Ligand |
| DFU | Diabetic Foot Ulcer |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DU | Decubitus Ulcer |
| EGF ® | Epidermal Growth Factor (Receptor) |
| ERK | Extracellular Signal Regulated Kinase |
| FOXP3 | Forkhead Box P3 Protein |
| GAS | Group A Streptococcus |
| hBD | Human Beta Defense Protein |
| HPV | Human Papilloma Virus |
| IL | Interleukin |
| KGF | Keratinocyte Growth Factor |
| MAP | Mitogen Activated Pathway |
| MAPK | Mitogen Activated Pathway Kinase |
| MKK | Mitogen Activated Pathway Kinase Kinase |
| MMP | Matrix Metalloproteinase |
| MRSA | Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| NF-κβ | Nuclear Factor Kappa Beta |
| NOD | Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein |
| PI3K | phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase |
| rDNA | Ribosomal Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| RegIIIy | Regenerating Islet Derived Protein Gamma |
| RNA | Ribonucleic Acid |
| Rnase | Ribonuclease |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| Sag | Superantigen |
| SCFA | Short Chain Fatty Acid |
| TAK | Transforming Growth Factor (TGF) F β-activated kinase |
| TGF | Transforming Growth Factor |
| TLR | Toll Like Receptor |
| TNF | Tumor Necrosis Factor |
| TRAF | Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) receptor-associated factor |
| TRAP | Target of RNAIII activating protein |
| Treg | T regulatory Cell |
| VEGF | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor |
| VLU | Venous Leg Ulcer |