| AcH3 | Acetyl histone H3 |
| AmD | Actinomycin D |
| BMM | Bone marrow macrophages |
| ChIP | Chromatin immunoprecipitation |
| COX-2 | Cyclooxygenase 2 |
| DMSO | Dimethylsulfoxide |
| ELISA | Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay |
| FACS | Fluorescence activated cell sorting |
| FCS | Fetal calf serum |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| HAT | Histone acetylase |
| HDAC | Histone deacetylase |
| HDACi | Histone deacetylase inhibitor |
| IFN | Interferone |
| IκBa | Inhibitor kappa B protein alpha |
| IKKε | I-κB kinase epsilon |
| IL | Interleukin |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| M-CSF | murine macrophage colony stimulating factor |
| iNOS | Inducible nitric oxide synthase |
| NFκB | Nuclear factor kappa B |
| PCNA | Proliferating-Cell-Nuclear-Antigen |
| RLP30 | Receptor-like protein 30 |
| qRT-PCR | Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction |
| TCA | Trichloroacetic acid |
| TLR | Toll-like receptor |
| TNF | Tumor necrosis factor |
| TSA | Trichostatin A |
| TUNEL | TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labeling |
| SAHA | Suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid |
| SRB | Sulforhodamine B |