DIF differentiation-inducing factor
DISC death-inducing signaling complex
DKO double knockout
DPI diphenyleneiodonium chloride
DTCs distal tip cells
EDA ectodysplasin A
ER endoplasmic reticulum
FADD Fas-associated DD protein
FLIPs FLICE-inhibitory proteins
GEFs guanidine-nucleotide-exchange factors
GFP green fluorescent protein
HCD hydrophobic C-terminal domain
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
HMM hidden Markov model
IAP inhibitor-of-apoptosis protein
IMM inner mitochondrial membrane
IMS intermembrane space
JNK c-Jun amino terminal kinase
LEI leukocyte elastase inhibitor
MAC mitochondrial apoptosis-induced channel
MCV molluscum contagiosum virus
MHC major histocompatibility complex
MIM inner membrane
MMR 1) mismatch repair
2) mitochondrial membrane permeabilization
MOM outer membrane
MORT1 mediator of receptor-induced toxicity
MS multiple sclerosis
NFAT nuclear factor of activated T cells
NGF nerve growth factor
NIK NF-κB-inducing kinase
NK natural killer
OGD oxygen and glucose deprivation
OMM outer membrane
OPG osteoprotegerin
PARP poly (ADP) ribose polymerase
PCD programmed cell death
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