α-SMA	Alfa-Smooth Muscle Actin
ADCC	Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity
CAD	Coronary Artery Diseases
CaMKII	Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase II
CCL-x	Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand-x
CCR-x	C-C chemokine receptor type-x
CD49a	Alfa-1-Integrin
CD9	Tetraspanin
Cpa3	Carboxypeptidase A3
CRC	Colo-Rectal Cancer
CVB	Coxsackievirus group B
CVD	Cardiovascular diseases
CXCL-x	C-X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand
CX3CR-x	CX3C chemokine receptor-x
DAMPs	Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns
dNK	Decidual-natural Killer
EAM	Experimental model of acute myocarditis
ECM	Extra Cellular Matrix
EndoMT	Endothelial-Mesenchymal Transition
ErbB4	Receptor tyrosine-protein kinase ErbB-4
ERK	Extracellular-Signal-Regulated Kinase
ET-1	Endothelin-1
FAK/PTK2	Focal Adhesion Kinase
FcγRIIIa/CD16	Low affinity Immunoglobulin gamma Fc Region Receptor IIIa
FGF	Fibroblast Growth Factor
ICAM1/CD54	Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1
IFN-γ	Interferon-gamma
IL	Interleukin
IL-R	Interleukin-Receptor
iNOS	Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthases
IRAK4/1	Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated Kinase 4
M1	M1-like Macrophages
M2	M2-like Macrophages
MAPK	Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase
MCP-1/CCL2	Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
MertK	MER-Tyrosine-Protein Kinase
MI	Myocardial Infartion
MMPs	Matrix Metallo Peptidases
MRTF	Myocardin-related Transcription Factor
NADPH	Reduced Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate
NCAM/CD56	Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule
NET	Neutrophil-Extracellular- Traps
NFκB	Nuclear Factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NGAL	Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin
NK	Natural Killer
NLRP3	NLR family Pyrin domain containing 3
NRG-1	Neureregulin-1
NSCLC	Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma
OSM	Oncostatin-M
PAMPS	Pathogen-Associated Molecular Patterns
PDGF-x	Platelet-Derived Growth Factor -x
PI3K	Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase
RAGE	Receptor for Advanced Glycation End products
RANTES/CCL5	Regulated upon Activation, Normal T cell Expressed and Secreted
Reg3β	Regenerating islet-derived 3 beta
ROS	Reactive Oxygen Species
ST2	Suppression of Tumorigenicity 2
STAT3	Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3
TGF-β	Transforming Growth Factor-beta
TIMPs	Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases
TLRs	Toll-Like Receptors
TNF-α	Tumor Necrosis Factor-alfa
TRAIL	Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand
VEGF	Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor