| ATM | Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated |
| CSR | Class switch recombination |
| DDR | DNA damage response |
| DNA-PKcs | DNA-dependent protein kinase |
| DSBs | DNA double-strand breaks |
| GFAP | Glial fibrillary acid protein |
| HAP1 | A near-haploid human cell line derived from KBM-7 cell line |
| IL-4 | Interleukin 4 |
| Lig4 | DNA ligase IV |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharides |
| Mri | Modulator of retroviral infection |
| NHEJ | Non-homologous end-joining |
| NSPC | Neuronal stem progenitor cells |
| PAXX | Paralogue of XRCC4 and XLF |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| XLF | XRCC4-like factor |
| XRCC4 | X-ray repair cross-complementing protein 4 |