| Acm | acetamidomethyl |
| ACPAs | anti-citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies |
| AMPAs | anti-modified protein/peptide antibodies |
| anti-APA | antibodies against acetylated proteins |
| anti-CarP | antibodies against homocitrullinated (carbamylated) peptides/proteins |
| AU | arbitrary units |
| Boc | tert-butoxycarbonyl |
| BSA | bovine serum albumin |
| CFFCP | chimeric fibrin-filaggrin citrullinated peptide |
| CFFCHP | chimeric fibrin-filaggrin citrullinated/homocitrullinated peptide |
| CFFCHAP | chimeric fibrin/filaggrin citrullinated/homocitrullinated/acetylated peptide |
| CV | coefficient of variation |
| DIPCDI | N,N′-diisopropylcarbodiimide |
| DIPEA | diisopropylethylamine |
| DMF | dimethylformamide |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| ESI-MS | electrospray ionization mass spectrometry |
| FBS | fetal bovine serum |
| FCS | fetal calf serum |
| Fmoc | 9-fluorenyl-methoxycarbonyl |
| HATU | 2-(1H-7-azabenzotriazole-1-yl)-1,1,3,3- tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate methanaminium |
| HOBt | 1-hydroxybenzotriazole |
| HPLC | high-performance liquid chromatography |
| ILD | interstitial lung disease |
| IQR | interquartile range |
| LRMS | low-resolution mass spectrometry |
| MW | molecular weight |
| OD | optical density |
| OPD | o-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride |
| PAD | peptidylarginine deiminase |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| Pmc | 2,2,5,7,8-pentamethyl-chroman-6-sulfonyl |
| PTMs | post-translational modifications |
| PyBOP | benzotriazole-1-yloxytris(pirrolidino) phosphonium hexafluorophosphate |
| RA | rheumatoid arthritis |
| ROC | receiver operating characteristic |
| RP-HPLC | reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography |
| SDS | sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| SEM | standard error of the mean |
| SPPS | solid-phase peptide synthesis |
| tBu | tert-butyl |
| TFA | trifluroacetic acid |
| TIS | triisopropylsilane |
| TRIS | tris(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane |
| Trt | triphenylmethyl |