| AGE | Advanced Glycation End-product |
| AN | Adriamycin Nephropathy |
| Batf3 | Basic leucine zipper transcription factor ATF-like 3 |
| BDCA | Blood Dendritic Cell Antigen |
| CCR | C-C Chemokine Receptor |
| CD- | Cluster of Differentiation- |
| cDC | conventional Dendritic Cell |
| CKD | Chronic Kidney Disease |
| CLEC4A4 | C-type Lectin Domain Family 4 Member A4 |
| CLEC9A | C-type Lectin Domain Family 9 Member A |
| CSF-1 | Colony Stimulating Factor-1 |
| CTLs | Cytotoxic T cells |
| CX3CR | CX3C-Chemokine Receptor |
| DAMPs | Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns |
| DC | Dendritic Cell |
| DCIR2 | Dendritic Cell Inhibitory Receptor 2 |
| DM | Diabetes Mellitus |
| DN | Diabetic Nephropathy |
| Flt3 | Fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 |
| FSGS | Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis |
| HMGB-1 | High-Mobility Group Protein Box-1 |
| IL- | Interleukin- |
| MCP-1 | Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 |
| MHC | Major Histocompatibility Complex |
| MSC | Mesenchymal Stem Cell |
| PAMPs | Pathogen-Associated Molecular Patterns |
| PDCA-1 | Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Antigen-1 |
| TGF-β | Transforming Growth Factor-beta |
| TLR | Toll-Like Receptor |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha |
| XCR1 | XC-Chemokine Receptor 1 |