| ALI | acute lung injury |
| HSP | heat shock protein |
| CLP | cecal ligation and puncture |
| OE | overexpress |
| KO | knockout |
| IP | immunoprecipitation |
| IB | immunoblotting |
| WB | Western blot |
| IF | immunofluorescence |
| KANK2 | KN motif and ankyrin repeat domains 2 |
| SRC | steroid receptor coactivator |
| SIP | SRC-interacting protein |
| AIF | apoptosis-inducing factor |
| TNF-α | tumor necrosis factor-α |
| IL-6 | interleukin-6 |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| H&E | hematoxylin and eosin |
| si-RNA | small interfering RNA |
| IHC | immunohistochemistry |
| TUNEL | terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labelling |
| h | hour |
| MSS | murine sepsis score |