ALT	Alanine aminotransferase
ANA	Antinuclear antibodies
ASS	Anti-synthetase syndrome
AST	Aspartate aminotransferase
BDI-II	Beck’s Depression Inventory-II
CADM	Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis
CG	Control group
CK	Creatine phosphokinase
CRP	C-reactive protein
CXCL10	C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10, also known as IP-10
DM	Dermatomyositis
ELISA	Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
ESR	Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
FGF	Fibroblast growth factor
FI-2	Functional Index-2
FIS	Fatigue Impact Scale
FVA	Force vector area
G-CSF	Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
GM-CSF	Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
HAQ	Health Assessment Questionnaire
HCK	Hematopoietic cell kinase
Hsp90	Heat shock protein 90
IBM	Inclusion body myositis
IFN	Interferon
IG	Intervention group
IIM	Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
IL	Interleukin
IMNM	Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy
JAK	Janus kinase
LD	Lactate dehydrogenase
MAA	Myositis associated antibodies
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MCP-1	Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, also known as CCL2
MIP-1α	Macrophage inflammatory protein-1α, also known as CCL3
MIP-1β	Macrophage inflammatory protein-1β, also known as CCL4
MMT-8	Manual Muscle Testing of eight muscle groups
MSA	Myositis specific antibodies
NF-kB	Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
OM	Overlap myositis
PDGF	Platelet-derived growth factor
PM	Polymyositis
RANTES	Regulated on activation/normal T cell expressed and secreted, or CCL5
Ras	Rat sarcoma protein, or Ras GTPase protein
SF-36	Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form Health Survey
STAT	Signal transducer and activator of transcription
TNF	Tumor necrosis factor
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
w	weeks