APC	antigen presenting cells
CIITA	class II transactivator
COX	cyclooxygenase
CREBBP	cAMP-response element binding protein (CREB) binding protein
DNMTs	DNA-methyltransferases
FOXP	“forkhead box P” transcription factor
GAD	glutamic acid decarboxylase
HATs	histone-acetyltransferases
HDACs	histone-deacetylases
HLA	human leukocyte antigen
HPA	hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
INS	insulin
LADA	latent autoimmune diabetes in adults
MBD	methyl-CpG-binding proteins
mTOR	mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (serine-threonine kinase)
MZ twins	monozygotic twins
NF-κB	nuclear factor kappa B
NFKB1A	gene for the inhibitor of NF-κB, IκBα
NOD mice	non-obese diabetic mice
NRF1	nuclear respiratory factor 1
PDCD4	programmed cell death protein 4
PTPN22	protein tyrosin-phosphatase non-receptor-type 22
RFXAP	regulatory factor X associated protein
RISC	RNA-induced silencing complex
SAM	S-adenosyl methionine donor
SNP	single nucleotide polymorphism
T1DM	type 1 diabetes mellitus
Tregs	regulatory T cells
TSA	trichostatin A
VNTR	variable number tandem repeat