| PRL | prolactin |
| IGFBP | insulin-like growth factor binding protein |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
| TGF | transforming growth factor |
| IL | interleukin |
| uNK | uterine natural killer cell |
| Mφ | macrophage(s) |
| DC | dendritic cell |
| Treg | regulatory T cell |
| ILC | innate lymphoid cell |
| EVT | extravillous trophoblast |
| CXCL | c-x-c motif chemokine |
| IFN | interferon |
| TNF | tumor necrosis factor |
| PlGF | placenta growth factor |
| MMP | matrix metalloproteinase |
| M-CSF | macrophage colony stimulating factor |
| Ang | angiopoietin |
| CD | cluster of differentiation |
| Th | T helper type |
| HLA | human leukocyte antigen |
| HB-EGF | heparin binding-epidermal growth factor |
| NK | natural killer cell |
| GATA3 | GATA-binding protein 3 |
| ROR | retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor |
| GM-CSF | granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor |
| dNKp | decidual proliferating natural killer cell |
| dNK | decidual natural killer cell |
| NKR | natural killer cell receptor |
| KIR | killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor |
| FFA | free fatty acids |
| MCP-1 | monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 |
| BMI | body mass index |
| AT1 | angiotensin 2 type 1 |
| NOD | non-obese diabetic |
| FGR | fetal-growth restriction |
| i.p. | intraperitoneally |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| TLR | toll-like receptor |
| Rh | recombinant human |
| RAG | recombinant activating gene |
| MLAp | mesometrial lymphoid aggregate of pregnancy |
| IRF | interferon regulatory factor |
| mr | mouse recombinant |
| Lif | leukemia inhibitory factor gene |
| MHC | major histocompatibility complex |
| HIF | hypoxia-inducible factor |
| HFD | high-fat diet |
| LDL | low density lipoprotein |
| DIO | diet-induced obesity |
| Csf | colony stimulating factor |
| Csfr | colony stimulating factor receptor |
| NCR | natural cytotoxicity triggering receptor |
| UGR | intrauterine growth restriction |
| Teff | T effector cell |
| T naïve | naïve T cell |
| SCT | syncytiotrophoblast |
| CTB | villous cytotrophoblast |
| column-CTB | anchoring column cytotrophoblast |