| aa | Amino acid |
| ALAE | Axon-enriched long intergenic noncoding RNA regulating axon elongation |
| AMD | ARE-mediated mRNA decay |
| APC | Antigen presenting cell |
| ARE | AU-rich element |
| ATM | Ataxia telangiectasia mutated |
| AUF1 | AU-binding factor 1 |
| BRCA1 | Breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 |
| CAIA | Collagen antibody induced-arthritis |
| CD | Cluster of differentiation |
| CF | Cystic fibrosis |
| Cis-HOX | circular HOX |
| CRC | Colorectal cancer |
| CTL | Cytotoxic T lymphocyte |
| CX3CL1 | C-X3-C motif chemokine ligand 1 |
| CXCL1 | C-X-C motif chemokine Ligand 1 |
| DC | Dendritic cell |
| ESCC | Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma |
| FBP | Far upstream element binding protein |
| FSTL1 | Follistatin-related protein 1 |
| FUSE | Far upstream element |
| GBM | Glioblastoma multiforme |
| HCC | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
| HuR | Human antigen R |
| HOXC10 | Homeobox protein C10 |
| IFN | Interferon |
| IL | Interleukin |
| iNOS | Inducible nitric oxide synthase |
| KH | K homology |
| KITENIN | Kai 1 COOH-terminal interacting tetraspanin |
| KSRP | KH-type splicing regulatory protein |
| lncRNA | Long non-coding RNA |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| LTA | Lipoteichoic acid |
| MAPK | Mitogen actiaved protein kinase |
| miRNA | MicroRNA |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor k-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| NSCLC | Non-small cell lung cancer |
| PKB | Protein kinase B |
| PMN | Polymorphonuclear neutrophilic leukocytes |
| PTC | Papillary thyroid carcinoma |
| RA | Rheumatoid arthritis |
| RBP | RNA-binding protein |
| RIG-I | Retinoic acid-inducible gene I |
| RISC | RNA-induced silencing complex |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RUNX1 | Runt-related transcription factor 1 |
| SCLC | Small cell lung cancer |
| SLE | Systemic lupus erythematosus |
| TGF-β | Transforming growth factor β |
| TTP | Tristetraprolin |
| TLR | Toll-like receptor |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor-α |
| Th | T helper cell |
| USE | Upstream sequence element |
| UTR | Untranslated region |
| WT | Wild type |