| AJBW | Apostichopus japonicus body wall |
| Cyt b | Cytochrome b |
| DEGs | differential expression genes |
| ECM | extracellular matrix |
| ER | endoplasmic reticulum |
| FPKMs | Fragments Per Kilobase of exon model per Million mapped reads |
| FREPs | fibrinogen-related proteins |
| Gb | giga bases |
| GMP | gelatinolytic metalloproteinase |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| GPx | glutathione peroxidase |
| GST | glutathione S-transferase |
| HIF-1 | hypoxia inducible factor-1 |
| HISAT | Hierarchical Indexing for Spliced Alignment of Transcripts |
| HSPs | heat shock proteins |
| IL-1 | interleukin-1 |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| LBLLPS | lactose-binding lectinslipopolysaccharide |
| MAC | membrane attack complex |
| MASP | mannan-binding lectin serine protease |
| MBL | mannose-binding lectin |
| MMP | matrix metalloproteinase |
| Nr | nonredundant protein sequences |
| PUF60 | poly-U-binding factor 60 kDa |
| RT-qPCR | quantitative Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| Rap-1 | Ras-proximate-1 |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| TGF-β1 | transforming growth factor-1 |
| TNF | tumor necrosis factor |