| AMP | Adenosine Monophosphate |
| aa | Amino acids |
| AMPPNP | Adenylyl Imidodiphosphate |
| ATP | Adenosine Triphosphate |
| BST2 | Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Antigen 2 |
| CCNA1 | Cyclin A1 |
| CD8+ T-cells | Cytolytic T cell |
| CLMS | Cross-Linking Mass Spectrometry |
| CIN | Chromosomal Instability |
| GMP | Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate |
| CPD | Cytoplasmic Domain |
| cryoEM | Cryo-electron Microscopy |
| CXCL | C-X-C motif Chemokine Ligand |
| CXCR | Chemokine Receptor |
| DCs | Dendritic Cells |
| DCN | Decorin |
| DDR | DNA damage response |
| EBOV | Ebola Virus |
| EBV | Epstein–Barr Virus |
| EIF2AK2 | Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 2 Alpha Kinase 2 |
| eIF3 | Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 3 |
| ER | Estrogen Receptor |
| ERVs | Endogenous Retroviruses |
| ETD | Extracellular Topological Domain |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| GASs | Gamma-Activated Sequences |
| GALC | Galactosylceramidase |
| GBPs | Guanylate Binding Proteins |
| GDP | Guanosine Diphosphate |
| GS_DESCR | Gene Set Description |
| gs_szie | Gene set size |
| Gtp | Guanosine Triphosphate |
| HBV | Hepatitis B virus |
| HCV | Hepatitis C virus |
| HMG-CoA | 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl Coenzyme A |
| HSD17B1 | Hydroxysteroid 17-Beta Dehydrogenase 1 |
| HSV | Herpes Simplex Virus |
| HLA | Histocompatibility Antigen |
| IFI | Interferon Alpha Inducible |
| IFIH1 | Interferon-induced Helicase C-domain-containing protein 1 |
| IFIT | interferon Induced protein with Tetratricopeptide repeats |
| IFITM | Interferon-induced Transmembrane protein |
| IFN | Interferon |
| IFN-I | Type 1 Interferon |
| IFN-II | Type 2 Interferon |
| IFN-III | Type 3 Interferon |
| IFNAR1 | Interferon Alpha and Beta Receptor subunit 1 |
| IFNAR2 | Interferon Alpha and Beta Receptor subunit 2 |
| IFNGR | Interferon-Gamma Receptor |
| IFNLR | Interferon Lambda Receptor |
| IL10Rβ | Interleukin 10 Receptor Beta |
| IRES | Internal Ribosome Entry Site |
| IRF | Interferon Regulatory Factor |
| IRGs | IFN-regulated Genes |
| IR | Infrared Ray |
| IRDS | IFN-related DNA Damage resistance Signature |
| ISRE | IFN-Stimulated Response Element |
| ISG | IFN-Stimulated Gene |
| ISG15 | ISG15 Ubiquitin Like Modifier |
| IPA | Ingenuity Pathway Analysis |
| JAK | Janus Kinase |
| KSHV | Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus |
| LPA | Lone Pair Active |
| LGALS3BP | Galectin 3 Binding Protein |
| LY6E | Lymphocyte antigen 6 family member E |
| MARV | Marburg Virus |
| MAVS | Mitochondrial Antiviral Signalling protein |
| MCL1 | Myeloid Cell Leukemia 1 |
| MDA5 | Melanoma Differentiation-Associated Protein 5 |
| MeV | Measles Virus |
| MHV | Mouse Hepatitis Virus |
| MOE | Molecular Operating Environment |
| MX | MX dynamin like GTPase |
| NAB2 | Nucleic Acid Band 2 |
| NADP | Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor Kappa-light-chain enhancer of activated B cells |
| NiV | Nipah Virus |
| NK | Natural Killer |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| NOS2 | Nitric Oxide Synthase 2 |
| NS1 | Non-Structural Protein 1 |
| NSCLC | Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer |
| MYC | Myc proto-oncogene protein |
| OAS | 2’-5’-Oligoadenylate Synthetase |
| OASL | 2’-5’-Oligoadenylate Synthetase Like |
| ODN | Oligodeoxynucleotide |
| ORF45 | Open Reading Frame 45 |
| OSCC | Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma |
| P | Phosphate |
| PAMP | Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank |
| PEG | Pegylated |
| PIAS | Protein Inhibitors of Activated Signal Transducer |
| PKR | Protein Kinase R |
| PML | Promyelocytic Leukemia |
| PLSCR1 | Phospholipid Scramblase 1 |
| PP1 | Protein Phosphatase 1 |
| PPP | Triphosphate |
| FDR | False Discovery Rate |
| rb-dsRNA | dsRNA extracted from rice bran |
| RIG-1 | Retinoic Acid Inducible Gene 1 |
| RLRs | RIG-I like receptors |
| ROBO1 | Roundabout Guidance Receptor 1 |
| SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| SBVS | Structure-Based Virtual Screen |
| SCC | Squamous Cell Carcinoma |
| shRNA | Small hairpin RNA |
| SOCS | Suppressor of cytokine signalling |
| STAT | Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription |
| SV5 | Simian Virus 5 |
| SLC6A15 | Solute Carrier Family 6 Member 15 |
| THBS | Thrombospondin |
| TIMP | Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases |
| TMD | Transmembrane Domain |
| TMEV | Theiler’s Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus |
| TNBC | Triple Negative Breast Cancer |
| TRIM | Tripartite Motif Protein |
| TYK | Tyrosine Kinase |
| UTRs | Untranslated Regions |
| VV | Vaccinia Virus |
| VH1 | Vaccinia virus gene H1 |
| vIRF | Viral homologs of the cellular IFN regulatory factors |
| USP18 | Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 18 |