| COVID-19 | coronavirus disease 2019 |
| RNAse R | ribonuclease R |
| SARS-CoV-2 | severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 |
| CoVs | coronaviruses |
| PKR | Protein Kinase R |
| RNase L | ribonuclease L |
| NF90 | nuclear factor 90 |
| NF110 | nuclear factor 110 |
| Calu-3 | human lung adenocarcinoma cells |
| SARS-CoV-1 | severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 1 |
| MERS-CoV | middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus |
| ORF | open reading frame |
| nsps | nonstructural proteins |
| S | spike |
| E | envelope |
| M | membrane |
| N | nucleocapsid |
| ACE2 | angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 |
| DPP4 | dipeptidyl peptidase 4 |
| TMPRSS2 | transmembrane serine protease 2 |
| CatB | cathepsin B |
| CatL | cathepsin L |
| AAK1 | AP2-associated kinase 1 |
| TLRs | toll-like receptors |
| TF | transcription factor |
| SIRs | systemic inflammatory responses |
| IL-6 | interleukin-6 |
| ncRNAs | non-coding RNAs |
| hpi | hours post-infection |
| ecircRNA | exonic circRNA |
| ciRNA | intronic circRNA |
| EIciRNA | exon-intronic circRNA |
| ceRNA | competing endogenouse RNA |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| lncRNA | long noncoding RNA |
| mRNA | messenger RNA |
| HFL-I | human embryonic lung fibroblast cell |
| ILF3 | human interleukin-enhanced binding factor 3 |
| dsRNA | double-stranded RNA |
| CircRNPs | circRNA-protein complexes |
| RIG-I | retinoic acid inducible gene-I |
| HIF-1 | hypoxia-inducible factor-1 |
| mTOR | mammalian leukemia target of pamycin |
| TNF | tumor necrosis factor |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| ISG | interferon-stimulated gene |
| IFN | interferon |
| OAS1-3 | 2'-5' oligoadenylate synthase |
| Ifit1-3 | interferon-inducible protein |
| Th1 | T helper cell type 1 |
| 2'-5'A | 2'-5' oligoadenylate |
| PKR | Protein Kinase R |
| RA | arthritic |
| HUVSMCs | human vascular smooth muscle cells |
| HUVECs | human vascular endothelial cells |
| RLRs | RIG-I-like receptors |
| FSJs | forward splicing junctions |
| SRY | sex-determining region Y |
| AXL | AXL receptor tyrosine kinase |
| RTK | receptor tyrosine kinase |
| NF-kB | nuclear factor-kB |
| NOS2 | inducible nitric oxide synthase |
| PLpro | papain-like protease |
| ERK | extracellular signal-regulated kinase |
| RBD | receptor-binding domain |