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. 2020 Sep 4;21(18):6458. doi: 10.3390/ijms21186458
α-SMA Alpha smooth muscle actin
AKI Acute kidney injury
AP-1 Activated Protein-1
BUN Blood urea nitrogen
CCL2 C-C motif chemokine ligand 2
CCL20 C-C motif chemokine ligand 20
Col1a1 Collagen type I alpha 1
Col1a2 Collagen type I alpha 2
Col3a1 Collagen type 3 alpha 1
CKD chronic kidney disease
CD Crohns disease
CEBPβ CCAAT/Enhancer-Binding Protein Beta
CXCL1 C-X-C motif chemokine Ligand 1
DITRA Deficiency of the IL-36R antagonist
DT Distal tubules
ECM Extracellular matrix
ET-1 Endothelin -1
EMT Epithelial to mesenchymal transformation
EndMT endothelial to mesenchymal transformation
FOXP3 Forkhead box protein P3
G-CSF Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
HF Heart failure
IBDs Inflammatory bowel diseases
IFNγ Interferon gamma
Ig Immunoglobulin
IKβα NFKB inhibitor
IKβ Kinase IKβα kinase
IL-1 Interleukin 1
IL-1β Interleukin 1 beta
IL-8 Interleukin 8
IL-10 Interleukin 10
IL-17C Interleukin 17C
IL-23 Interleukin 23
IL-33 Interleukin 33
IL-1R Interleukin 1 receptor
IL-1RAcP Interleukin 1 receptor accessory protein
IL-1RL2 Interleukin 1 receptor like 2
IL-1Rrp2 Interleukin 1 receptor related protein 2
IL-1R3 Interleukin 1 receptor 3
IL-36Ra Interleukin 36 receptor antagonist
ILC2 Lymphoid cells of group 2
IRAK Interleukin 1 receptor associated kinase
Kim-1 Kidney injury molecule -1
KD Kilo dalton
MMPs Metalloproteinases
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MyD88 Myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88
MI Myocardial infarction
NLPR3 Nod like Receptor family pyrin domain containing 3
NFkB Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
PDGF Platelet derived growth factor
Prss35 Inactive serine protease 35
RORγt Retinoic acid receptor-related-orphan-receptor-gamma
sIL-33 Soluble form of interleukin 33
SMAD Mothers against decapentaplegic
TAZ Transcriptional co-activator with a PDZ binding domain
TECs Renal tubular epithelial cells
TGF-β Transforming growth factor beta
THP-1 cells Human leukemic monocytes
Th 2 T helper 2 cells
TILs Tubulointerstitial lesions
TIR Toll-IL-1 receptor domain
TLRs Toll Like receptors
TNFα Tumor necrosis factor alpha
Tregs Regulatory T cells
TSLP Thymic stromal lymphopoietin
UC Ulcerative colitis
UUO Unilateral ureteral obstruction
VCAM 1 Vascular cell adhesion molecule 1
YAP Yes-associated protein