| BHI | Brain heart infusion |
| CFU | Colony-Forming Units |
| DCFH-DA | 2,7-dichlorofluorescin diacetate |
| DCs | Dendritic cells |
| EDTA | Ethylene Diamine Tetraacetic Acid |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| FITC | Fluorescein isothiocyanate |
| h p.i | Hour post infection |
| IL-1β | Interleukin IL-1β |
| IL-6 | Interleukin IL-6 |
| IL-8 | Interleukin IL-8 |
| IL-10 | Interleukin IL-10 |
| IL-12 | Interleukin IL-12 |
| IPTG | Isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactopyranoside |
| LB | Luria-Bertani |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| MPP | Metallophosphatase |
| MΦ | Macrophages |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| O.D. | Optical density |
| OnTRAP5b | Oreochromis niloticus TRAP5b |
| ORF | Open reading frame |
| P/S | Penicillin G and Streptomycin |
| PBS | Phosphate buffer saline |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| pNPP | p-nitrophenyl phosphate |
| qRT-PCR | Quantitative real-time PCR |
| RNAi | RNA interference |
| (r)OnTRAP5b | Recombinant protein OnTRAP5b |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RPMI-1640 | Roswell Park Memorial Institute 1640 medium |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SDS-PAGE | SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| siRNA | Synthesize small interfering RNA |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor-α |
| TRAP5 | Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase type 5 |