ADAM	A disintegrin and metalloproteinase
AP	Activator protein
APC	Antigen presenting cells
ARDS	Acute respiratory distress syndrome
ASC	Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD
ATP	Adenosine triphosphate
CARD	Caspase activation and recruitment domain
CD	Cluster of differentiation
COPD	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COX	Cyclooxygenase
CRP	C-reactive protein
CSIF	Cytokine synthesis inhibitory factor
DAMP	Damage-associated molecular patterns
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
fMLP	Formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine
FoxO1	Forkhead box protein O1
gp	Glycoprotein
HMGB1	High-mobility group box 1
HSP	Heat shock proteins
ICAM	Intercellular cell adhesion molecules
IFN	Interferon
IL	Interleukin
ILC	Innate lymphoid cells
IL-1R	Interleukin-1 receptor
iNOS	Inducible nitric oxide synthase
kDa	Kilo Dalton
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
LRR	Leucine-rich repeat
MAP	Mitogen activated protein
mbIL6R	membrane-bound IL-6 receptor
MBL	Mannose-binding lectin
MCP	Monocyte chemotactic protein
M-CSF	Macrophage-colony stimulating factor
MHC	Major histocompatibility complex
MODS	Multi organ dysfunction syndrome
MyD88	Myeloid differentiation primary response 88
NADPH	Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NF-HEV	Nuclear factor from high endothelial venules
NF-κB	nuclear factor ‘kappa-light-chain-enhancer’ of activated B-cells
NLR	NOD-Like Receptors
NLRP	NOD-, LRR- and pyrin domaine-containing protein
NO	Nitric oxide
NOD	Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain
NPC	Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
PAMP	Pathogen-associated molecular patterns
PBMC	Peripheral blood mononuclear cells
PG	Prostaglandin
PGN	Peptidoglycan
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinases
PLA	Phospholipase A
PMNL	Polymorphonuclear leukocytes
PRR	Pattern recognition receptors
R, r	Receptor
RANKL	Receptor activator of NF-κB ligand
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
s	Soluble
sIL6R	IL-6 receptor
STAT	Signal transducer and activator of transcription
TACE	TNF converting enzyme
TBI	Traumatic brain injury
Th	T helper cells
TLR	Toll-like receptors
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor-alpha
VCAM	Vascular cell adhesion molecule
Wnt	Wingless-related integration site