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. 2022 Oct 31;23(21):13260. doi: 10.3390/ijms232113260
ACE Angiotensin-converting enzyme
AD Alzheimer’s disease
AESI Adverse events of special interest
AGS Aicardi–Goutières syndrome
AMI Acute myocardial infarction
AMI I/R injury AMI ischemia–reperfusion injury
ARDS Acute respiratory distress syndrome
ASC Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD
ATF4 Activated parkin via protein kinase RNA-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase-activating transcription factor 4
BDNF Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
BiPAP Bilevel positive airway pressure
BV-2 A type of microglial cell derived from C57/BL6 mice
CAPS Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes
CARD Caspase activation and recruitment domain
CCNE2 Essential for the control of the cell cycle at the late G1 and early S phases; belongs to the cyclin family
CCR2 C–C motif chemokine receptor 2
CH Clonal hematopoiesis, hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells
CI Confidence interval
CK-MB Creatine kinase-MB fraction
COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COX-2 Cyclooxygenase 2
CRP C-reactive protein
CRS Cytokine release syndrome
Cyclin E2 Cyclin E2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CCNE2 gene
DDS 4,4′-Diaminodiphenyl sulfone (dapsone)
DIC Disseminated intravascular coagulation
ECG Electrocardiogram
G6PDH Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
HLA Human leukocyte antigen
HLA-DRB1 Major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 1
ICU Intensive care unit
IFN Interferon
IFNAR2 Interferon-alpha and beta receptor subunit 2
IL Interleukin
IL-1β Interleukin-1 beta
IMV intensive mechanical ventilation
IRF3 Interferon regulatory factor 3
JNK Jun N-terminal kinases
LDH Lactate dehydrogenase
LDL Low-density lipoprotein
LL Lepromatous leprosy
MADDS Monoacetyldapsone
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MCI Mild cognitive impairment
MHC Major histocompatibility complex
MIS-C/A Multisystem inflammation syndrome in children and adults
MPO Myeloperoxidase
NOD2 Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain containing 2
mRNA Messenger RNA
mtDNA Mitochondrial DNA
NACHT Domain conserved in NAIP, CIITA, HET-E, and TP1
NF-κB nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NLRP3 NOD-, LRR-, and pyrin domain-containing protein 3
PAI-1 Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1
PAMPs Pathogen-associated molecular patterns
PBMCs Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells
PD Parkinson’s disease
PEDF Pigment epithelium-derived factor
PEDFR/iPLA2 PEDF/calcium-independent phospholipase A2
Phospho-p65 Anti-phospho-NFkB p65 (Ser536) monoclonal antibody (T.849.2)
Phospho-IκBα Phospho-IκBα (Ser32/36) (5A5) mouse mAb #9246
PTGS2 Prostaglandin synthase 2
PTM Multiple post-translational modification
ROS Reactive oxygen species
S Full-length prefusion spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2
S1 SARS-CoV-2 spike protein subunit 1
SCLS Systemic capillary leak syndrome
RCT Randomized controlled trial
SOD Superoxide dismutase
TGF-β Transforming growth factor-beta
THP-1 A spontaneously immortalized monocyte-like cell line
TNF Tumor necrosis factor
TLR Toll-like receptor
TMPRSS2 Transmembrane protease serine subtype 2
TTS Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome
TYK2 Tyrosine kinase 2