ABC	ATP-binding cassette
AIDS	acquired immune deficiency syndrome
ALT	alanine aminotransferase
ART	anti-retroviral therapy
ATPase ABCE1	ATP binding cassette subfamily E member 1
bLF	bovine lactoferrin
NRAMP1	natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1
BLM	bleomycin
BPS	bathophenanthroline disulfonate
bZIP	basic leucine zipper containing domain
CD81	Cluster of Differentiation 81
CDK	cyclin dependent kinases
CFEM	Common in Fungal Extracellular Membrane
CLDN1	Claudin 1
DCYTB	duodenal cytochrome b
DFO	Desferioxamine or deferoxamine
DFP or L1	Deferiprone
DFRA or DFX	Deferasirox
DFT	Desferrithiocin
DMT1	Divalent Metal Transporter 1
DNA	deoxyribonucleic acid
EGCG	Epigallocatechin-3-gallate
EGFR	epidermal growth factor receptor
eIF3	Eukaryotic initiation factor 3
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
Fe-SIH	iron-salicylaldehyde isonicotinoyl hydrazine
FeSO4	iron (II) sulfate
FPN1	ferroportin
FsC	fusarinine C
FTN	ferritin
Fur	ferric uptake regulator
GATA	Globin Transcription Factor
HAMP	hepcidin
HasA	heme acquisition system A
HCP1	Heme Carrier Protein
HCV	Hepatitis C Virus
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HO-1	heme oxygenase 1
HO-2	heme oxygenase 2
IFN	Interferon
IRES	internal ribosome entry site
JAK	Janus Kinase
LIP	labile iron pool
NF-kB	nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NS3	non-structural protein 3
NTBI	non-transferring bound iron
OCLN	Occludin
OMP	outer membrane protein
PBL	peripheral blood lymphocytes
PCFT	proton-coupled folate transporter
Pch	pyochelin
Pvd	pyoverdine
PZP	pyrazolopyridinone
RBC	red blood cells
RIA	reductive iron assimilation
RNA	ribonucleic acid
RNR	ribonucleotide reductase
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SIT	siderophore iron transporter
SLC39A8	Solute carrier family 39 member 8
SRB1	Scavenger receptor class B type 1
STAT	Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription
STEAP3	Six Transmembrane Epithelial Antigen of Prostate 3
TAFC	triacetylfusarinine C
TBI	transferrin-bound iron
TGF-β	transforming growth factor beta