| ENS | enteric nervous system |
| CRS | chronic rhinosinusitis |
| AR | allergic rhinitis |
| CRSwNP | chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps |
| CRSsNP | chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps |
| IL | interleukin |
| IgE | immunoglobulin E |
| TNF-α | tumor necrosis factor-α |
| IFN-γ | interferon-γ |
| qPCR | quantitative polymerase chain reaction |
| S. aureus | Staphylococcus aureus |
| FISH | fluorescence in situ hybridization |
| NGS | next-generation sequencing |
| TSLP | thymic stromal lymphopoietin |
| ILC2s | type 2 innate lymphoid cells |
| DCs | dendritic cells |
| T-RFLP | terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism |
| Treg | regulatory T |
| SEB | staphylococcal enterotoxin B |