| AdV | Adenovirus |
| AMFR | Autocrine motility factor receptor |
| APC/C | Cullin-containing anaphase-promoting complex |
| APOBEC | Apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide |
| CARD | Caspase recruitment domains |
| cGAS | Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase |
| DUB | Deubiquitinase |
| EBOV | Ebola virus |
| EBV | Epstein Barr virus |
| ESCRT | Endosomal sorting complex required for transport |
| HBV | Hepatitis B virus |
| HCMV | Human cytomegalovirus |
| HECT | Homologous to the E6AP carboxyl terminus |
| HPV | Human papillomavirus |
| HSV-1 | Herpes simplex virus 1 |
| HTLV-1 | Human T lymphotropic virus 1 |
| IAV | Influenza A virus |
| IFN | Interferon |
| INSIG1 | Insulin-induced gene 1 |
| IKK | Inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase |
| ISG | Interferon stimulated genes |
| JAK | Janus kinase |
| KSHV | Kaposi’s sarcoma herpesvirus |
| LUBAC | Linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex |
| MAVS | Mitochondrial antiviral signaling proteins |
| ND10 | Nuclear domain 10 |
| PAMPs | Pathogen associated molecular patterns |
| PML | Promyelocytic leukemia |
| P-TEFb | Positive transcription elongation factor b |
| PTM | Post-translational modification |
| RIG-I | Retinoic acid-inducible gene I |
| RING | Really interesting new gene |
| RBR | RING-between-RING |
| SARS-CoV | Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus |
| STAT | Signal transducers and activators of transcription |
| STING | Stimulator of interferon genes |
| TBK1 | TANK-binding kinase 1 |
| TIM | Immunoglobulin and mucin |
| TOSV | Toscana virus |
| TRIM | Tripartite motif |
| UBD | Ubiquitin binding domain |
| ZIKV | Zika virus |