AIS	American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale
ASIA	American Spinal Injury Association
BDNF	Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor
CSF	Cerebrospinal fluid
CTACK	Cutaneous T cell-attracting chemokine
GBD	Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors
GROα	Growth-regulated oncogene-alpha
HGF	Hepatic growth factor
sICAM	Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1
IFNα2	Interferon alpha-2
IL6	Interleukin 6
IL8	Interleukin 8
IL7	Interleukin 7
IL9	Interleukin 9
IL13	Interleukin 13
IL15	Interleukin 15
IL16	Interleukin 16
IL18	Interleukin 18
IL2Ra	Interleukin-2 receptor alpha chain
IP10	Interferon gamma-induced protein 10
ISNCSC	International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury
MAS	Ashworth Modified Scale
MCP1	Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1
MIF	Macrophage migration inhibitory factor
MIG	Monokine induced by gamma interferon
MIP-1α	Macrophage Inflammatory Protein 1a
MIP-1β	Macrophage Inflammatory Protein 1 b
MPO	Myeloperoxidase
NCAM	Neural cell adhesion molecule
NLI	Neurological level of injury
NSE	Neuron Specific Enolase
NGF-β	Nerve Growth Factor-beta
PAI1	Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1
PDGF-AA	Platelet growth factor -AA
PDGF-AB/BB	Platelet growth factor -ABBB
RANTES	Regulated upon Activation, Normal T Cell Expressed and Presumably Secreted)
SCF	Stem cell factor
SCGF-β	Stem Cell Growth Factor beta
SCI	Spinal cord injury
SCIM	Spinal Cord Independence Measure
SDF-1α	Stromal cell-derived factor 1
pTAU	Phosphorylated tau protein
tTAU	Total tau protein
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor a
TRAIL	Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand
sVCAM	Soluble Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1