ADP	Adenosine diphosphate
AIM2	Absent in melanoma 2
ALRs	(AIM2)-like receptors
Apaf-1	Apoptotic protease activating factor
ASC	Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase-activation and recruitment domain (CARD)
Bcl	B-cell lymphoma
BIR	Baculovirus IAP (inhibitor of apoptosis protein) repeat
BMDCs	Bone marrow derived dendritic cells
BRCA1	Breast cancer type-1
BRCC3	BRCA1/BRCA2- containing complex, subunit 3
c-FLIP	FLICE-like inhibitory protein
CAPS	Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome
CARD	Caspase-activation and recruitment domain
CDL	CARD domain linker
CIAS1	cold induced autoinflammatory syndrome 1
CLR	C-type lectin receptor
COPs	CARD-only proteins
COS-1	CV-1 in Origin with SV40 genes
COVID-19	Coronavirus disease 2019
DAMPs	Danger-associated molecular patterns
DD	Death domain
DEDs	Death-effector domain
DEFCAP	Death Effector Filament-forming Ced-4-likeApoptosis Protein
DUBs	Deubiquitinating enzyme
EM	Electron microscopy
FADD	Fas-associated protein with death domain
FBXL2	F-box L
FBXO3	F-box O3
FLICE	Caspase-8/FADD-like IL-1β-converting enzyme
FP	Fluorescence polarization
FRET	Fluorescence resonance energy transfer
GFP	Green-fluorescent protein
GLMN	Glomulin
GSDMD	Gasdermin D
HD	helical domain
HDAC	Histone deacetylases
HIN	Hematopoietic, Interferon-inducible, Nuclear localization
IAPs	Inhibitor of apoptosis proteins
IC50	Inhibitory concentration
ICE	Interleukin 1β-converting enzyme
ICE	Interleukin-1beta converting enzyme
IFI16	Gamma-interferon-inducible protein
IFN	Interferon
IKK-γ	Inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit gamma
IL	Interleukin
INCA	Inhibitors of NFAT-calcineurin association
IPAF	Ice protease activating factor
IRF4	Interferon regulatory factor
ITC	Isothermal titration calorimetry
JNK	Jun N-terminal kinase
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
LRRs	Leucine- rich repeat
LTA	Lipoteichoic acid
LUBAC	linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex
MALS	Multiangle light scattering
MALT1	Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma translocation protein 1
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MAPL	Mitochondria-associated protein ligase
MARCH7	Membrane associated ring finger (C3HC4) 7
MAVS	Mitochondrial antiviral-signaling protein
MBP	Maltose-binding protein
MLKL	Mixed lineage kinase domain like pseudokinase
MNDA	Myeloid cell nuclear differentiation antigen
MSU	Monosodium urate
Mul1	Mitochondrial E3 Ubiquitin Protein Ligase 1
NAIP	NLR family of apoptosis inhibitory protein
NALP	NACHT, LRR and PYD domains-containing proteins
NBD	Nucleotide binding domain
NEK7	NIMA-related kinase 7
NEMO	NF-kappa-B essential modulator
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NLRC	NLR family CARD domain-containing protein
NLRP	Nod-like receptor protein
NLRP3	NLR family pyrin domain containing 3
NLRs	NOD-like receptors
NMR	Nuclear magnetic resonance
NOD	Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain
OB	Oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide binding)
PAMPs	Pathogen-associated molecular patterns
PAO	Phenylarsine oxide
PKA	protein kinase A
PKD	protein kinase D
POPs	PYD-only proteins
PP2A	protein phosphatase 2 A
PRRs	Pathogen recognition receptors
PTM	Post-translation modifications
PTPase	Protein tyrosine phosphatase
PTPN22	Protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor type 22
PYCARD	PYD and CARD domain-containing
PYD	Pyrin domain
PYHIN	Pyrin + HIN
PYPAF1	PYRIN-containing APAF1-like protein 1
RAIDD	RIP-associated ICH1/CED3-homologous protein with a death domain
RICK	RIP-like interacting CLARP kinase
RIP2	Receptor-interacting protein 2
RMSD	Root-mean-square deviation
RNO	Regulated by nitric oxide
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SARS-Cov-2	Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
SCF	Skp-Cullin-F box
SEC	Size-exclusion chromatography
SHARPIN	Shank-associated RH domain-interacting protein
STAT1	Signal transducer and activator of transcription
TEV	Tobacco etch virus.
TH2	T-helper cell type 2
TLR	Toll-like receptors
TMS	Target of Methylation-induced Silencing-1
TNF	Tumor necrosis factor
TPA	12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate
TRAF3	TNF receptor associated factor 3
TRIF	TIR-domain-containing adapter-inducing interferon-β
TRIM	Tripartite motif
WHD	winged helical domain
WHO	World health organization