| FSHD | facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy |
| DUX4 | double homeobox protein 4 |
| ORF | open reading frame |
| AAV | adeno-associated virus |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| RTK | receptor tyrosine kinase |
| NMD | nonsense-mediated decay |
| NADPH | reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| cAMP | cyclic adenosine monophosphate |
| MaLR | mammalian apparent LTR retrotransposon |
| PML | promyelocytic leukemia |