Abbreviations:
CCL2/ - C-C motif chemokine ligand
CCR2 - C-C chemokine receptor type 2
CCR2-KO - CCR2 Knockout
CX3CR1 - C-X3-C Motif Chemokine Receptor 1
CSF-1 - colony-stimulating factor
CD – Cluster of differentiation
COX2 - cyclooxygenase-2
EV – Extracellular Vesicle
FOXP3+ T - forkhead box P3
FODMAP - fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols
FMT – Fecal Microbial Transplant
FGF-10 - fibroblast growth factor 10
GM-CSF - Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor
HGF - Hepatocyte growth factor
ICAM-1 - intercellular adhesion molecule
IEC - intestinal epithelial cells
IGF-1- Insulin-like Growth Factor 1
IGF-1 - Insulin-like Growth Factor
IL – Interleukin
IBD – Inflammatory Bowel Disease
IBS – Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome
Ly6C - lymphocyte antigen 6 complex
LPS – Lipopolysaccharides
MHCII - major histocompatibility complex II
MyD88 - myeloid differentiation factor 88
MIF - macrophage migration inhibitory factor
MMP-10 - Matrix metalloproteinase 10
miRNAs – Micro RNAs
NO - nitrogen monoxide
PDGF - platelet-derived growth factor
PD-L1 and PD-L2 - Programmed death ligand 1 and 2
Plet1- Placenta Expressed Transcript 1
SCFAs – Short Chain Fatty Acids
SIBO - Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
STAT3 - Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
sTREM2 - Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2
TNFα - Tumor necrosis factor alpha
TGF- β - Transforming growth factor-beta
Treg – T regulatory cell
TLR-2 - Toll-like receptor
UC – Ulcerative colitis
VEGF-α - Vascular endothelial growth factor