| AECs | Alveolar epithelial cells |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium |
| ECGM | Endothelial Cell Growth Medium |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| FRT | Female reproductive tract |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| HBSS | Hanks’ Balanced Salt Solution |
| HSV-2 | Herpes-simplex-Virus 2 |
| HUVEC | Human umbilical vein endothelial cells |
| ICAM-1 | Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 |
| IL-1RAcP | Interleukin-1 receptor accessory protein |
| IL1RL2 | Transcript for IL-36R protein |
| IL36A | Transcript for IL-36α protein |
| IL36B | Transcript for IL-36β protein |
| IL36G | Transcript for IL-36γ protein |
| IL36RN | Transcript for IL-36Ra protein |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinases |
| MyD88 | Myeloid differentiation primary response 88 |
| NF-kB | Nuclear factor ‘kappa-light-chain-enhancer’ of activated B-cells |
| NTC | Non-treated cells |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| PGF | Placental growth factor |
| PTC | Primary trophoblast cells |
| RPMI | Roswell Park Memorial Institute medium |
| VCAM-1 | Vascular cell adhesion protein 1 |
| VEGFA | Vascular endothelial growth factor A |