AChR	acetylcholine receptor
AIM2	absent in melanoma 2
AKT	Protein kinase B
ALS	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Ang II	angiotensin II
AP-1	activator protein-1
ASC	apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD
ATP	Adenosine triphosphate
BBB	blood-brain barrier
Ca2+	calcium ions
CARD	caspase recruitment domain
CAPS	cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes
cGAS	cytoplasmic DNA sensor cyclic guanosine monophosphate (GMP)-AMP synthase
CK	creatine kinase
CMT	Charcot-Marie-tooth
CNS	central nervous system
COP	Card-only protein
COX	cyclo-oxygenase
CRISPR	clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
DAMP	damage-associated molecular pattern
DAPC	dystrophin-associated protein complex
DM	dermatomyositis
DMD	Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
EAMG	experimental autoimmune MG
EDL	extensor digitorum longus
FUS	fused in sarcoma
GFAP	glial fibrillary acidic protein
GLT-1	glutamate transporter-1
GRMD	golden retriever model of DMD
GSDMD	gasdermin-D
GT1	glutamate transporter 1
GTP	guanosine triphosphate
ICAM-1	intercellular adhesion molecule-1
IFNγ	Interferon gamma
IL	Interleukin
iPSC	induced pluripotent stem cell
JAK2	janus kinase 2
K+	potassium ions
KO	Knockout
LGMD	Limb–girdle muscular dystrophy
LGMD2B	Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B
LPS	Lipopolysaccharides
LRR	leucine rich repeats
MAO-B	monoamine oxidase B
Mdx	X-linked muscular dystrophy
Mt	Mitochondrial
mTOR	mechanistic target of rapamycin
Myd88	myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88
NAIP	Neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein
NEK7	NIMA-related kinase 7
NF-κB	nuclear factor kappa B
NLRC4	NOD-like receptor family CARD domain-containing protein 4
NLRP	NOD-like receptors with pyrin domain
NM	necrotizing myopathy
NO	nitric oxide
NOD	nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain
NOD2	nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2
NAMP	neurodegeneration-associated molecular pattern
NSAID	nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
OM	overlap myositis
P2X7	purinergic type 2 receptor family
PAMP	pathogen-associated molecular pattern
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PM	polymyositis
POP	Pyrin-only protein
Pro-IL	pro-interleukin
PYD	pyrin domain
RIP2	receptor-interacting-serine/threonine-protein kinase 2
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SASP	senescence-associated secretory phenotype
SOD1	superoxide dismutase 1
STAT3	signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TA	tibialis anterior
TDP-43	TAR DNA-binding protein 43 kDa
TLR	toll-like receptor
TNF-α	tumor necrosis factor-α
Tregs	regulatory T-lymphocyte
VBP15	Vamorolone
VCAM-1	vascular cell adhesion molecule
WT	wild-type