| PAMPs | Pathogen-associated molecular patterns |
| DAMPs | Damage-associated molecular patterns |
| HAMPs | Homeostasis-altering molecular processes |
| NLRs | Nod-Like receptors |
| ALRs | Absent in melanoma 2-like receptors |
| ASC | Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase recruitment and activation domain |
| IL | Interleukin |
| GSDMD | Gasdermin D |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| ATP | Adenosin-5′-phosphate |
| AMP | Adenosine monophosphate |
| HMGB1 | High mobility group box 1 |
| NACHT | Neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein NAIP, major histocompatibility class II transcription activator CIITA, incompatibility locus protein from Podospora anserina HET-E, and telomerase-associated protein TP1 |
| FIIND | A function to find domain |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| TLR | Toll-like receptor |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor kappa B |
| TNFα | Tumor necrosis factor |
| NEK7 | Never in mitosis gene a (NIMA)-related kinase 7 |
| CAPS | Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes |
| NOMID | Neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease |
| MWS | Muckle-Wells syndrome |
| FCAS | Familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome |
| NAIPs | NLR family of apoptosis inhibitory proteins |
| MAS | Macrophage activating syndrome |
| GBP | Guanylate binding proteins |
| SPRY | Spia and the ryanodine receptor domain |
| TcdB | Clostridium difficile toxin B |
| U.V | Ultraviolet |
| MSU | Monosodium urate |
| Alum | Aluminum |
| T3SS | Type III secretion system |
| qPCR | Quantitative polymerase chain reaction |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| HPRT1 | Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1 |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| LDH | Lactate dehydrogenase |
| NINJ1 | Nerve-injury-induced protein 1 |
| DARTS | Drug affinity responsive target stability |
| SPR | Surface plasma resonance |
| PAL | Photoaffinity labeling |
| MST | Microscale thermophoresis |
| ADP | Adenosine diphosphate |
| GFP | Green fluorescent protein |
| BRET | Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer |
| FMF | Familial Mediterranean fever |
| YFP | Yellow fluorescent protein |