| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| IL-6R | Interleukin-6 receptor |
| IL-1β | Interleukin-1β |
| Hamp | Hepcidin |
| SOCS3 | Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 |
| ciIL-6 | Grass carp IL-6 |
| ciIL-6R | Grass carp IL-6R |
| maIL-6 | Blunt snout bream IL-6 |
| maIL-6R | Blunt snout bream IL-6R |
| masIL-6R | Blunt snout bream soluble IL-6R receptor |
| rciIL-6 | Recombinant grass carp IL-6 protein |
| rmaIL-6 | Recombinant blunt snout bream IL-6 protein |
| rmasIL-6R | Recombinant blunt snout bream soluble IL-6 receptor protein |
| JAK | Janus kinases |
| STAT | Signal transducer and activator of transcription |
| gp130 | Glycoprotein 130 |
| ERK | Extracellular-signal-regulated kinase |
| MEK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| PI3K | Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase |
| AKT | Protein kinase b |
| mIL-6R | Membrane-bound IL-6R |