| DCs | dendritic cells |
| APCs | antigen-presenting cells |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| cDCs | conventional dendritic cells |
| pDCs | plasmocytoid dendritic cells |
| moDCs | monocytes-derived DCs |
| HLA | human leukocyte antigen |
| MHC | major histocompatibility complex |
| Ag | antigen |
| LN | lymph nodes |
| TLRs | Toll-like receptors |
| IFN | interferon |
| Th | T helper cells |
| InfDCs | inflammatory DCs |
| HSCs | hematopoietic stem cells |
| LMPP | lymphoid primed multipotent progenitor |
| MLP | multipotent lymphoid progenitors |
| GMDPs | granulocyte macrophage DC progenitor |
| PAMP | pathogen-associated molecular pattern |
| DAMP | danger-associated molecular pattern |
| PRRs | pattern-recognition receptors |
| DC-LAMP | membrane protein associated with lysosome |
| IL | interleukin |
| mRNAs | messenger RNA |
| 3’UTR | 3’-untranslated regions |
| Pri-miRNAs | primary miRNAs |
| DGCR8 | DiGeorge syndrome critical region gene 8 |
| Pre-miRNAs | precursor miRNAs |
| RISC | RNA-induced silencing complex |
| AGO | argonaute proteins |
| TNRC6 | trinucleotide repeat-containing 6 proteins |
| ABCG2 | ATP-binding cassette subfamily G member 2 |
| BMF | Bcl2-modifying factor |
| KLF13 | Kruppel-like factor 13 |
| Dnmt3a | DNA methyltransferase 3a |
| BAK1 | BCL2 antagonist/killer 1 |
| TET2 | ten-eleven-translocation 2 |
| IRF | interferon regulatory factor |
| GM-CSF | granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor |
| M-CSF | macrophage colony stimulating factor |
| FLT3L | Fms-like tyrosine kinase-3 ligand |
| EIF2C3 | eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2C, 3 |
| CAMTA1 | calmodulin-binding transcription activator 1 |
| JAG | jagged |
| WNT | wingless (wg) and Int-1 |
| TAB2 | TGF-Beta activated kinase 1 (MAP3K7)-binding protein 2 |
| SOCS | suppressor of cytokine signalling |
| C/EBPβ | CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta |
| TRAF6 | TNF receptor-associated factor 6 |
| IRAK1 | interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 1 |
| NOD2 | nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 |
| ATF2 | activating transcription factor 2 |
| BMDCs | bone marrow-derived DCs |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharides |
| TNF-α | tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| tDCs | tolerogenic DCs |
| aDCs | activated DCs |
| NF-kB | nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| SLE | systemic lupus erythematosus |
| IBD | inflammatory bowel disease |
| CRC | colon-rectal cancer |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |