| AKT | protein kinase B |
| Cav-1 | Caveolin-1 |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GD | Graves’ Disease |
| GO | Graves’ Orbitopathy |
| HIF | Hypoxia-inducible-factor |
| HT | Hashimoto’s thyroiditis |
| IHC | Immunohistochemistry |
| IL | Interleukin |
| miRs | microRNAs |
| NOX | NADPH-oxidase |
| OS | Oxidative stress |
| O2.- | Superoxide anion |
| PI3K | Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5 triphosphate kinase |
| PLC | Phospholipase C |
| PRDX | Peroxiredoxin |
| PTC | Papillary thyroid cancers |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| STAT3 | Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 |
| Th2 | T helper type two |
| TRAb | Thyrotropin receptor-specific stimulatory autoantibodies |
| TSH | Thyrotropin |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |
| WB | Western Blot |