| CD | Crohn’s disease |
| DOAJ | Directory of open access journals |
| GWAS | Genome wide association study |
| IBD | Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
| LD | Linear Dichroism |
| LRR | Leucine-Rich Repeat |
| MAF | Minor Allele Frequency |
| MDPI | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| NLR | NOD-like receptor |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| RMSD | Root-Mean-Square-Deviation |
| TLA | Three letter acronym |
| WES | Whole Exome Sequencing |