| AA | Asiatic acid |
| AAV | Adeno-associated virus |
| ACE | Angiotensin-converting enzyme |
| ADAM | A Dys integrin and metalloprotease |
| AKI | Acute Kidney Injury |
| Akt | Protein kinase B |
| Ang2 | Angiopoietin 2 |
| ASC | Antibody-secreting Cells |
| BAFF | B cell-activating Factor |
| BCL-1 | B Cell Lymphoma 1 Protein |
| BCR | B cell Receptor |
| BM | Bone Marrow |
| BMP | Bone Morphogenetic Proteins |
| CBP | Cardiopulmonary Bypass |
| CD | Cluster of Differentiation |
| CDKN1A | Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitor |
| CDN | Cyclic Dinucleotides |
| CLP | Cecal Ligation and Puncture |
| COX2 | Cyclooxygenase 2 |
| CSL | C-promoter-binding factor CBF-1 |
| DAMPS | Damage-associated Molecular Patterns |
| DAPT | (N-[N-(3, 5-difluorophenacetyl)-l-alanyl]-s-phenylglycinet-butyl ester |
| DC | Dendritic Cells |
| DLL | Delta-like Ligand |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| EC | Endothelial Cell |
| EGF | Endothelial Growth Factor |
| GATA3 | GATA Binding Protein 3 |
| GFR | Glomerular Filtration Rate |
| GM-CSF | Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor |
| HOTAIRM1 | HOXA transcript antisense RNA myeloid-specific 1 |
| HSC | Hematopoietic Stem Cells |
| HSPC | Hematopoietic Stem Progenitor Cells |
| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| IFN | Interferon |
| IL | Interleukin |
| iNOS/NO | Inducible Nitric oxide Synthase/Nitric oxide |
| JNK | C-Jun-N-terminal Kinase |
| lcncRNA | Long noncoding RNA |
| LDL | Low density lipoprotein |
| Lfng | Lunatic Fringe |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| Maml1 | Mastermind Like Transcriptional Coactivator 1 |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated Protein Kinases |
| M-CSF | Macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor |
| Mfng | Manic Fringe |
| miRNA | micro-RNA |
| MZB | Marginal Zone B cells |
| ncRNA | noncoding RNA |
| NCSC | Neural crest stem cells |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor-κB |
| NICD | Notch Intracellular Domain |
| NLRP3 | Nucleotide-binding domain (NOD)-like receptor protein 3 |
| PAMPS | Pathogen-associated Molecular Patterns |
| PARP | Poly (adenosine diphosphate [ADP]-ribose) Polymerase-1 |
| PD-1 | Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 |
| pDC | plasmacytoid DC |
| PD-L1 | Programmed Death-Ligand 1 |
| POFUT | Protein O-fucosyl transferase 1 |
| PTCRA | Pre-T cell Antigen Receptor alpha |
| RBP-J | Recombination Signal-Binding Protein Jkappa |
| RNA | Ribonucleic Acid |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| SIRS | Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome |
| SLE | Systemic lupus erythematosus |
| SOCS3 | Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 |
| SMAD | Suppressor of Mothers against Decapentaplegic |
| SSc | Systemic sclerosis |
| STING | Stimulators of Interferon genes |
| T-ALL | T-lineage Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
| TAM | Tumor-associated Macrophages |
| TCR | T cell Receptor |
| Th1 | Type 1 T helper cell |
| Th17 | T helper 17 cell |
| Th2 | Type 2 T helper cell |
| TLR | Toll-like-Receptor |
| TNF | Tumor Necrosis Factor |
| VEGF | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor |
| VEGFR | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor |