| (8-oxodA) | 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-20-deoxyadenosine |
| (8-oxodG) | 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-20-deoxyguanosine |
| (AA) | Aristolochic acid; Ascorbic acid |
| (AGS) | Aicardi–Goutieres syndrome |
| (AhR) | Aryl hydrocarbon receptor |
| (AIM2) | Absent in melanoma 2 |
| (ALRs) | AIM2-like receptors |
| (AMPs) | Antimicrobial peptides |
| (AP) | Apurinic/apyrimidinic |
| (ATM) | Ataxia telangiectasia mutated |
| (ATR) | ATM- and Rad3-Related complex |
| (ATRIP) | ATR interacting proteins |
| (B reg) | B regulatory cells |
| (BRCA1/2) | Breast Related Cancer Antigen 1/2 |
| (CAD) | Caspase-activated DNase |
| (CAR-T) | Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell therapies |
| (CCL2) | C-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 2 |
| (CD) | Crohn’s disease |
| (cGAMP) | 2′,3′-cyclic GMP-AMP |
| (cGAS) | Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase |
| (CIN) | Chromosome instability phenotype |
| (cis- UCA) | cis- urocanic acid |
| (CLRs) | C-type lectin receptors |
| (CRI) | Cancer related inflammation |
| (CTLA-4) | Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 |
| (CXCL8) | C-X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 8 |
| (DAI) | DNA-dependent activator of IFN regulatory factor |
| (DAMPs) | Damage-associated molecular patterns |
| (DDR) | DNA damage repair |
| (DDX41) | DExD/H-box helicase 41 |
| (DNA-PK) | DNA-dependent protein kinase |
| (DR) | Direct repair |
| (DSBs) | Double-strand breaks |
| (dsDNA) | Double-stranded DNAs |
| (DSBR) | Double-strand break repair |
| (dsRNAs) | Double-stranded RNAs |
| (Erk) | Extracellular signal-activated kinase |
| (FA) | Fanconi Anaemia repair complex |
| (FICZ) | 6-formylindolo[3,2-b]carbazole |
| (GG-NER) | Global Genomic Repair |
| (GSH) | Glutathione |
| (HAAs) | Heterocyclic aromatic amines |
| (HMGB1) | High mobility group box 1 protein |
| (HR) | Homologous Recombination |
| (HRD) | Homologous recombination deficiency |
| (ICAM-1) | Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 |
| (ICD) | Immune cell death |
| (ICIs) | Immune checkpoint inhibitors |
| (ICL) | Interstrand crosslink repair |
| (IFI16) | Interferon gamma-inducible protein 16 |
| (IFN) | Interferon |
| (IFN-γ) | Interferon-gamma |
| (IL-1) | Interleukin-1 |
| (IL-10) | Interleukin-10 |
| (IL-18) | Interleukin-18 |
| (IL-1β) | Interleukin-1β |
| (IL-4) | Interleukin-4 |
| (IL-6) | Interleukin-6 |
| (iNOS) | Inducible nitric-oxide synthase |
| (IR) | Ionizing radiation |
| (IRFs) | IFN-regulatory factors |
| (LET) | Linear Energy Transfer |
| (LOH) | Loss of heterozygosity |
| (LPS) | Lipopolysaccharide |
| (mAbs) | Monoclonal antibodies |
| (mDCs) | Myeloid dendritic cells |
| (MGMT) | O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase |
| (MH) | Microhomology |
| (MM) | Malignant Mesothelioma |
| (MMEJ) | Microhomology Mediated End Joining |
| (MMR) | Mismatch Repair |
| (MPM) | Malignant pleural mesothelioma |
| (mtDNA) | Mitochondrial DNA |
| (MyD88) | Myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88 |
| (NADPH) | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| (NER) | Nucleotide Excision Repair |
| (NF-kB) | Nuclear factor kappa B |
| (NHEJ) | Non-Homologous End Joining |
| (NKT) | Natural Killer T cells |
| (NLRP3) | NOD-, LRR- and pyrin domain-containing protein 3 |
| (NLRs) | NOD-like receptors |
| (NRF2) | NFE2-related factor 2 |
| (OH·) | Hydroxyl radicals |
| (PAFs) | Platelet- activating factors |
| (PAHs) | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| (PAMPs) | Pathogen-associated molecular patterns |
| (PARP1) | Poly-(ADP-ribose)-polymerase 1 |
| (PARPi) | PARP inhibitors |
| (PD1) | programmed cell death protein 1 |
| (PDL1) | programmed cell death ligand 1 |
| (PRRs) | Pattern recognition receptors |
| (RANKL) | Epidermal- derived receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand |
| (RIG-I) | Retinoic acid-inducible gene-I |
| (RLRs) | Retinoic acid-inducible gene-I (RIG-I)-like receptors |
| (RNS) | Reactive nitrogen species |
| (ROS) | Reactive oxygen species |
| (RPA) | Replication Protein A |
| (RT) | Radiation Therapy |
| (SASP) | Senescence associated secretory phenotype |
| (SDSA) | Synthesis-dependent strand annealing repair |
| (SLE) | Systemic lupus erythematosus |
| (SSA) | Single Strand Annealing |
| (SSBs) | Single-strand breaks |
| (ssDNA) | Single-stranded DNA |
| (STING) | cGAS- sensor protein stimulator of IFN genes |
| (STAT3) | Signal Transducer And Activator Of Transcription 3 |
| (TAI) | Tumor allelic imbalance |
| (TAMs) | Tumor-associated macrophages |
| (TBK1) | TANK-binding kinase 1 |
| (TC-NER) | Transcription-Coupled Repair |
| (TCR) | Transcription-Coupled Repair |
| (Th1) | T helper 1 cells |
| (Th17) | T helper 17 cells |
| (Th2) | T helper 2 cells |
| (TLRs) | Toll-like receptors |
| (TMB) | Tumor mutational burden |
| (TME) | Tumor microenviroment |
| (TNF-α) | Tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| (TRCs) | Transcription-replication conflicts |
| (Treg) | T regulatory cells |
| (TREX) 1 | Three prime repair exonuclease |
| (UVR) | Ultraviolet radiation |
| (Vit C) | Vitamin C |