APC	Antigen-presenting cell
3-OS-HS	3-O-sulfated heparan sulfate proteoglycan
ATP	Adenosine triphosphate
ATRX	ATP-dependent helicase
CHO	Chinese hamster ovary
CD8	Cluster of differentiation 8
CoREST	Corepressor of RE1 silencing transcription factor
cGAS	cyclic GMP-AMP synthase
DDX41	DEAD box helicase 41
hDaxx	Death domain-associated protein
DC	Dendritic cells
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
DAI	DNA-dependent activator of IFN regulatory factors
dsRNA	Double-stranded RNA
E	Early
ELISA	Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EBV	Epstein–Barr virus
g	Glycoprotein
HSPGs	Heparan sulfate proteoglycans
HCV	Hepatitis C virus
HSK	Herpes stormal keratitis
HSV-1	Herpes Simplex Virus type 1
HSV-2	Herpes simplex virus type-2
HVEM	Herpesvirus Entry Mediator
pUL30	HSV-1 polymerase
pUL29	ICP8
IE	Immediate Early
ICP	Infected cell proteins
IKK	Inhibitor of kB kinase
IFI16	Interferon gamma inducible protein 16
IRF	Interferon regulatory factor
IFN-α	Interferon-α
IFN-β	Interferon-β
IL	Interleukin
IRAK1	Interleukin 1 receptor-associated kinase 1
KSHV	Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
KO	Knockout
LGP2	Laboratory of genetics and physiology 2
LAT	Latency Associated Transcript
L	Latency Associated Transcript
MDA5	Melanoma differentiation-associated gene-5
MAVs	Mitochondrial antiviral signalling protein
mAB	Monoclonal antibody
Mal	MyD88 adaptor-like protein
MyD88	Myeloid differentiation primary response protein 88
NK	Natural killer
IKKε	NFκB kinase-epsilon
ND10	Nuclear domain 10
PAMPs	Pathogen associated molecular patterns
PRR	Pathogen recognition receptors
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
PML	Promyelocytic leukemia protein
RING	Really Interesting New Gene
RIG-I	Retinoic acid inducible gene-I
RLRs	RIG-I-like receptors
Pol III	RNA polymerase III
SEMA6D	Semaphorin 6D
ssRNA	Single-stranded RNA
Sp100	Speckled, 100 kDa
STING	Stimulator of IFN genes
TBK1	TANK-binding kinase 1
TAB3	TGF-beta activated kinase 1 (MAP3K7) binding protein 3
TRAF3	TNF receptor-associated factor 3
TLR	Toll-like receptors
TIRAP	Toll/interleukin 1 receptor domain-containing adaptor protein
TRIF	Toll/interleukin 1 receptor domain-containing adaptor-inducing IFN-β
TIR	Toll/interleukin-1 receptor
TRAM	TRIF-related adaptor molecule
IFN-I	Type 1 IFN
VZV	Varicella-zoster virus
UL41	Virion-induced host shutoff protein, VHS
WT	Wild type
ZNF138	Zinc finger protein 138