| Acronym | Extended Name |
| 6-4 PP | Pyrimidine (6-4) pyrimidone photoproducts |
| Aap-A1 | Apolipoprotein A1 |
| Anx-5 | Annexin-5 |
| ARMS-PCR | Amplification Refractory Mutation System-PCR |
| CPD | Cyclobutane Pirimidine Dimer |
| Calr | Calreticulin |
| DD | DNA Damage |
| DDR | DNA Damage Repair |
| DJ-1 | Protein/nucleic acid deglycase DJ-1 |
| DNPH | Formaldehyde-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone |
| Dpt | Dermatopontin |
| ECM | extracellular matrix |
| tER | Transitional Endoplasmic Reticulum |
| GG-NER | Global Genomic-NER |
| GRP-94 | 94 kDa glucose-regulated protein (Endoplasmin) |
| HPV | Human Papillomavirus |
| HSPA2 | Heat Shock-related 70 kDa Protein 2 |
| HSP90B | Heat shock protein HSP 90-beta |
| L | Lesional area |
| MHC | Major Histocompatibility Complex |
| MPG | 3 Methyladenine-DNA Glycosylase |
| Ncl | Nucleolin |
| NER | Nucleotide Excision Repair |
| NMSC | Non-melanoma skin cancer |
| NPE | Non photoexposed area |
| OS | Oxidative Stress |
| PDI-A1 | Protein Disulfide Isomerase A |
| PL | Perilesional area |
| PLC | Protein Loading Complex |
| Prx-2 | Peroxiredoxin-2 |
| PQC | Protein Quality Control |
| Psmb6 | Proteasome subunit beta type-6 |
| RFLP | Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism |
| RAD23B | UV excision repair protein RAD23 homolog B |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| TGFb1 | Tumour Growth Factor beta 1 |
| TP53BP1 | Tumour suppressor p53-binding protein 1 |
| UCH5 | Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 5 |
| UPR | Unfolded Proteins Response |
| UVR | UV Radiation |
| Vcl | Vinculin |
| Vop | Transitional endoplasmic reticulum ATPase |
| XP | Xeroderma Pigmentosum |
| XP(A-C) | Xeroderma Pigmentosum complementation group (AC) |