| Ca | Calcium |
| BMM | Bone marrow macrophage |
| M-CSF | Macrophage-colony stimulating factor |
| CSF-1 | Colony stimulating factor-1 |
| RANKL | Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand |
| NFATc1 | Nuclear factor of activated T-cells 1 |
| TRP | Transient receptor potential |
| IP3 | Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate |
| RyR | Ryanodine receptor |
| SERCA | Sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase |
| ITAM | Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif |
| FcRγ | Fc receptor gamma |
| DAP12 | DNAX-activating protein of 12 kD |
| CTLA4 | Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 |
| KO | Knock out |
| TRPV | Transient receptor potential vanilloid |
| TRPC | Transient receptor potential canonical |
| RGS | Regulator of G protein signaling |
| KD | Knock down |
| KCNK | K+ channel subfamily K member |
| NCX | Na+-Ca2+ exchanger |
| BM | Bone marrow |
| ER | Endoplasmic reticulum |
| PLC | Phospholipase C |
| Tmem | Transmembrane |
| CRAC | Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ |
| CaSR | Calcium-sensing receptor |