| aa | amino acid |
| AP | activator protein |
| del, | deletion |
| dup | duplication |
| EMSA | electrophoretic mobility shift assay |
| FLS | fibroblast-like synoviocytes |
| GAPDH | glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| gnomAD | genome aggregation database |
| IL | interleukin |
| Jak | Janus kinase |
| JNK | cJun N-terminal kinase |
| MALDI-TOF | matrix assisted laser desorption ionization - time of flight |
| MMP | matrix metalloproteinase |
| NC | normal control |
| n.d. | not detected |
| NIRCA | Non-isotopic RNAse Cleavage Assay |
| OA | osteoarthritis |
| qPCR | quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction |
| RA | rheumatoid arthritis |
| SDS-PAGE | sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SM | synovial membrane |
| SNP | single nucleotide polymorphism |
| STAT | signal transducer and activator of transcription |
| wt | Wildtype |