| BMI | Body mass index |
| C3 | Complement |
| CK 19 | Cytokeratin 19 |
| COX-2 | Cyclooxygenase 2 |
| CRP | C-reactive protein |
| DNA | Deoxiribonucleic acid |
| EGF | Endothelial growth factor |
| EGFR | Endothelial growth factor receptor |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| FGF | Fibroblast growth factor |
| GM-CSF | Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor |
| HOXA | Homebox A |
| ICAM | Intercellular adhesion molecule |
| IFN | Interferon |
| IGF | Insulin-like growth factor |
| Il | Interleukin |
| iNKT | Invariant natural killer T cells |
| lncRNA | Long non-coding ribonucleic acid |
| MCP-1 | Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 |
| MIF | Macrophage inhibitory factor |
| MMP | Matrix metalloproteinase |
| miRNA | Micro ribonucleic acid |
| mtDNA | Mitochondrial DNA |
| NK | Natural killer |
| NF-KB | Nuclear factor-kappa beta |
| PDGF | Platelet-derived growth factor |
| PG | Prostaglandins |
| PGE2 | Prostaglandin E2 |
| PK-1 | Prokinetitsin 1 |
| RANTES | Regulated on Activation, Normal T Cell Expressed and Secreted |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| sFlt1 | Soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase |
| TNF | Tumor-necrosis factor |
| TSP-1 | Thrombospondin 1 |
| VDBP | Urinary vitamin D binding protein |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |
| VEGFR | Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor |
| Wnt/b-catenin | Wingless-type mouse mammary tumor virus integration site family |