| ACE2 | Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme-2 |
| ADAM17 | A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase (ADAM) domain 17 |
| AICD | Activation-Induced Cell Death |
| ASK1 | Apoptosis Signal-Regulating Kinase 1 |
| CAV1 | Caveolin-1 |
| DD | Death Domain |
| DEDs | Death Effector Domains |
| DISC | Death-Inducing Signalling Complex |
| ER | Endoplasmic Reticulum |
| FADD | Fas-Associated Death Domain |
| FasL | Fas ligand or CD95L |
| FcγR | Fc region of IgG |
| HIF-1α) | Hypoxic-Inducible Factor-1 subunit α |
| IKK | Ikappa B kinase |
| IKK-α | Subunit α del IκB kinase complex (also IKK1) |
| IKK-β | Subunit β del IκB kinase complex (also IKK2) |
| IKK-γ | Subunit γ (also NEMO) |
| iNOS | Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase |
| iRHOM2 | Rhomboid 5 homolog 2 |
| JNK | c-Jun-N-terminal kinase |
| LS | Leader Sequence |
| MAP3K | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase |
| MAPK | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases |
| MAPKAP kinase-2 | MAP-kinase-activated protein kinase-2 |
| MDSC | Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells |
| NDH-1 | Type I NADH Dehydrogenase |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor kappa B |
| NRD | Nardilysin |
| PGRN | Progranulin |
| PI3K | Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase |
| PKC | Protein kinase C |
| RANTES | Regulated on Activation Normal T Cell Expressed and Secreted chemokine |
| RIPK1 | Receptor Interacting Protein Kinase 1 |
| RIPK1U | Ubiquitination of RIPK1 |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| solTNF | Soluble TNF |
| Src | Sarcoma kinase |
| TACE | TNF Converting Enzyme |
| TGF-β | Transforming growth factor-beta |
| tmTNF | Cell membrane anchored TNF or transmembrane TNF |
| TNF | Tumor Necrosis Factor |
| TNFR1 | TNF receptor 1 |
| TNFR2 | TNF receptor 2 |
| TRADD | TNFR1-Associated Death Domain |
| TRAF2 | TNFR-Associated Factor 2 |
| Uev1A | Ubiquitin (Ub)-conjugating enzyme variant 1A |
| ZBG | Zinc Binding Groups |