AA

Arachidonic Acid

ADAM reagent

9-anthryl diazomethane

AIF

Apoptosis inducing factor

AP-2

Activator Protein – 2

APAF-1

Apoptotic protease activating factor-1

Bad

Bcl-2/Bcl-XL associated death promoter

Bax

Bcl-2 associated protein

Bcl-2

B cell leukemia-2

Bcl-X_L

B cell leukemia X-long

Caspase

Cysteine aspartyl-specific protease

CBP

cAMP response element binding protein binding protein

CD-95, CD36

Cluster of Designation-95, 36

cGPx

Cytoplasmic glutathione peroxidase

CHX

cycloheximide

COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

DAXX

Death associated protein

DIABLO

Direct IAP binding protein

DICE

Differentiation control elements

DiHpETE

Dihydroperoxy eicosatetraenoic acid

DISC

Death-inducing signalling complex

DTNB

5,5'-Dithio-bis(2-nitrobenzoic acid)

DTT

Dithiothreitol

EDTA

Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid

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FADD

Fas-associating protein with death domain

FasL

Fas ligand

GC-MS

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

GI-GPx

Gastrointestinal-glutathione peroxidase

GPx

Glutathione peroxidase

GSH

Glutathione (reduced form)

GSSG

Glutathione (oxidised form)

GST

Glutathione transferase

HAT

Histone acetyl transferase

HDAC

Histone deacetylase

HEPES

(N-[2-hydroxyethyl]piperazine-N‘-[4-butanesulfonic acid])

HETE

Hydroxy eicosatetraenoic acid

HMG-1

High mobility group-1

hnRNP

Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins

HODE

Hydroxy octadecadienoic acid

HpETE

Hydroperoxy eicosatetraenoic acid

HPLC

High performance liquid chromatography

HpODE

Hydroperoxy octadecadienoic acid

HxA₃, B₃

Hepoxilin A₃, B₃

IAP

Inhibitor of apoptosis protein

IFNγ

Interferon γ

IL-13

Interleukin – 13

IL-1β

Interleukin-1β

IL-4

Interleukin – 4

JAK 1/2

Janus tyrosine kinase-1/2

LA

Linoleic Acid

LDL

Low density lipoprotein

LOX

Lipoxygenase

LTA4

Leukotriene A4

NDGA

Nordihydroguaiaretic acid

NF-κB

Nuclear factor kappa b

NO

Nitric oxide

ONPG

ortho-nitrophenyl-para- D galactopyranoside

OPP

4-(2-oxapentadeca-4-yne)phenylpropanoic acid

oxLDL

Oxidised low density lipoprotein

p90RSK

p90 Ribosomal S6 kinases

PBS

Phosphate buffered saline

PCAF

CBP/p300-associated factor

PHGPx

Phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase

PMSF

Phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride

PPAR

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor

PUMA

p53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis

Rb

Retinobalstoma

RIP

Receptor interacting protein

RT-PCR

Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

RXR

Retinoid X receptor

SDS

Sodium dodecyl sulphate

SIMPs

Soluble intermembrane proteins

SMAC

Second mitochondria-derived activator of caspase

SOCS

Suppresser of cytokine signalling

SRC-1

Steroid receptor coactivator-1

STAT6

Signal transducer and activators of transcription-6

TAF(II)250

TATA-box binding protein (TBP) associated factor (II) 250

TCPO

Trichloropropene oxide

TdT

Terminal deoxynucleotide transferase

TEMED

N,N,N‘,N‘-tetramethylethlenediamine

TLC

Thin layer chromatography

TNFR-1

TNF receptor-1

TNFα

Tumor Necrosis Factor α

TRADD

TNFR-1-associated death domain protein

TRAIL

TNF related apoptosis inducing ligand

Tris

Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane

TrXA₃, B₃

Trioxilin A₃, B₃

TUNEL

Terminal deoxynucleotide transferase nick end labelling

Tyk-2

Tyrosine kinase-2 (Janus family)

VDAC

Voltage dependent anion channel