ATCC	American Type Culture Collection
BCA	Bicinchoninic acid
cAMP	Adenosine 3′,5′ -cyclic monophosphate
CBA	C Cytometric Bead Array
CCK-8	Cell counting kit-8
CD	Crohn’s Disease
CFU	Colony forming units
CLSM	Confocal laser scanning microscopy
CREB1	cAMP responsive element binding protein 1
CRP	C-Reactive Protein
CWD	Classical Whipple’s Disease
DAPI	4′-6-diamidino-2-phenylindole dihydrochloride
DBA	DexaDexamethasone, butyrate-sodium salt, and aldosterone
DSS	Dextran sodium sulfate
EDTA	Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
EGTA	Ethylene glycol-bis(β-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid
ENaC	Epithelial sodium channel
EPEC	Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
ERK	Extracellular signal-regulated kinases
FACS	Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting
FCS	Fetal calf serum
FITC	Fluorescein isothiocyanate
GAPDH	Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase
GR	Glucocorticoid receptor
HIV	Human immunodeficiency virus
IBD	Inflammatory bowel disease
IFN	Interferon
IL	Interleukin
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
MOI	Multiplicity of infection
MR	Mineralocorticoid receptor
mRNA	messengerRNA
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa light chain enhancer of activated B cells
p.i.	Post infection
PBMC	Peripheral blood mononuclear cells
PBS	Phosphate buffered saline
PCF	Polycarbonate membrane filters
PFA	Paraformaldehyde
PMA	phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate
PVDF	Polyvinylidene fluoride
PVP	Polyvinylpyrrolidone
RNA-Seq	RNA sequencing
RPMI	Rosewell Park Memorial Institute
RT	Room temperature
SDS	Sodium dodecyl sulfate
T3SS	Type-III secretion system
T6SS	Type-VI secretion system
TBS	Tris-buffered saline
TER	Transepithelial electrical resistance
TJ	Tight junction
tTJ	Tricellular TJ
TNF	Tumor necrosis factor
TUNEL	Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling
UC	Ulcerative colitis
ZO-1	Zonula occludens protein-1