| ABM | Agaricus blazei mushroom |
| ACC | Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase |
| ALT | Alanine Aminotransferase |
| AOX | Alternative Oxidase |
| ASCT | Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation |
| AST | Aspartate Aminotransferase |
| ATA | Anctin-A |
| BG | Antibody Response to β-glucan |
| BRMs | Biological Response Modifiers |
| CAM | Complementary Alternative Medicine |
| cAMP | Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate |
| CDC | Complement-Dependent Cytotoxicity |
| CIM | Complementary Integrated Medicine |
| CLA | Conjugated Linoleic Acid |
| ConA | Concanavalin A |
| DBP | Diastolic Blood Pressure |
| DCs | Dendritic Cells |
| DC-STAMP | Dendritic Cell-Specific Transmembrane Protein |
| ER | Endoplasmic Reticulum |
| EFSA | European Food Safety Authority |
| EORTC-QLQ-C30 | European Organisation Research Treatment Cancer Core Quality of Life Questionnaire C30 |
| FAC | Fanconi Anemia (FA) group C gene |
| FACTF | Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Fatigue |
| FAS | Fatty Acid Synthase |
| FDA | American Food and Drug Administration |
| FSG | Fasting Serum Glucose |
| FIPs | Fungal Immunomodulatory Proteins |
| FSI | Fasting Serum Insulin |
| GFP | Grifola frondosa Polysaccharide |
| hAMSCs | Human Amniotic Mesenchymal Cells |
| HADS | The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale |
| HDL | High-Density Lipoprotein |
| HDL-C | High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol |
| HLA | Human Leukocyte Antigens |
| HOMA-IR | Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance |
| iROS | Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species |
| IgG | Immunoglobulin |
| IL | Interleukin |
| LDL | Low Density Lipoproteins |
| LMW | Low-Molecular-Weight |
| MPP | 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium |
| NOS | Nitric Oxide Synthase |
| IR | Insulin Receptor |
| IRS-1 | Insulin Receptor Substrate-1 |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| MAPK | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase |
| MITF | Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor |
| MMs | Medicinal Mushrooms |
| MMP-2 | Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 |
| NK | Natural Killer |
| NP | Nanoparticle |
| PAMP | Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern |
| PBMCs | Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells |
| PD | Parkinson disease |
| PHA | Phytohemagglutinin |
| PSA | Prostate-Specific Antigen |
| PSK | Polysaccharide-K (Krestin) |
| PSP | Polysaccharide Peptide |
| RCT | Randomized Clinical Trial |
| SBP | Systolic Blood Pressure |
| SCFA | Short Chain Fatty Acid |
| SREBP-1c | Sterol Regulatory Element-Binding Protein 1 |
| TAC | Transverse Aortic Constriction |
| TGs | Plasma Triglycerides |
| TNBC | Triple-Negative Breast Cancer |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis Factor-α |
| TRP-1 | Tyrosinase-Related Protein-1 |
| VEGF | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor |