AIM2	absent in melanoma 2
ASC	adaptor protein apoptosis-associated speck like protein containing a CARD
ASP	aspartic acid
ATP	adenosine triphosphate
CAPS	cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome
CARD	caspase recruitment domain
CMV	cytomegalovirus
COP	caspase recruitment domain-only protei
DAMP	damage associated molecular pattern
DDF	death domain fold
DC	Dendritic cell
dsDNA	double stranded deoxyribonucleic acid
FIIND	function to find domain
GBP	guanylate-binding protein
GSDMD	gasdermin D
HIN-200	hematopoietic interferon-inducible nuclear proteins with a 200-amino-acid repeat
HMGB1	High Mobility Group Box 1
IFN	interferon
IκB	inhibitor of nuclear factor-κB
IKK	inhibitor of nuclear factor-κB (IκB) kinase
IL	interleukin
IRG	immunity related GTPase
KSHV	Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus
LPS	lipopolysaccharide
LTA	lipoteichoic acid
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
MCMV	murine cytomegalovirus
NACHT	NAIP, CIITA, HET-E and TEP1
NAIP	apoptosis inhibitory NLR protein
NF-κB	Nuclear Factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NLR	Nod like receptor
NLRC	NLR caspase recruitment domain-containing
NLRP	Nod like receptor (NLR) family pyrin domain-containing
OMV	outer membrane vesicle
PAMP	pathogen associated molecular pattern
PBMC	peripheral blood mononuclear cell
POP	PYRIN domain-only protein
PRR	pattern recognition receptor
PYD	PYRIN domain
PYDC	PYRIN domain containing
Ser	serine
T3SS	type III secretion system
TLR	Toll-like receptor
TNF	tumor necrosis factor
TRPC1	transient receptor potential channel 1