| BSA | Bovine Serum Albumin |
| DAG | Angstrom (unit of length equal to 10−10 m) |
| DKD | Diabetic Kidney Disease |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium |
| DMSO | DiMethyl SulfOxide |
| DNA | DeoxyriboNucleic Acid |
| dsRNA | double stranded RNA |
| EGCG | EpiGalloCatechin Gallate |
| ER | Endoplasmic Reticulum |
| FBS | Fetal Bovine Serum |
| GFP | Green Fluorescent Protein |
| HK-2 | Human -Kidney-2 |
| hpi | hours post-infection |
| IgG | Immunoglobulin G |
| LDH | Lactate DeHydrogenase |
| mAb | monoclonal Antibody |
| MEM | Minimum Essential Medium |
| MFI | a Fluorescent Intensity |
| MOI | Multiplicity of Infection |
| MTT | 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| Nrf2 | Nuclear factor erythroid 2–related factor 2 |
| PBS | Phosphate-Buffered Saline |
| PFA | ParaFormAldehyde |
| PFU | Plaque Forming Unit |
| PKC | Protein Kinase C |
| Q3G | Isoquercitrin |
| RNA | RiboNucleic Acid |
| RT-qPCR | quantitative Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| WNV | West Nile Virus |
| ZIKV | Zika Virus |
| ZIKVBR15 | Zika Virus Brazilian strain |
| ZIKVGFP | Zika Virus GFP |
| ZIKVMR766 | Zika Virus Uganda strain |