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AmB Amphotericin B
ART Antiretroviral therapy
CLSI Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
CO-ADD Community for Open Antimicrobial Drug Discovery
COX-2 Cyclooxygenase-2
CTZ Clotrimazole
DHODH Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase
DLC Delocalized lipophilic cation
DNDi Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
Erv1 Essential for respiratory growth and viability 1
EUCAST European Committee of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
GPI Glycosylphosphatidylinositol
Gwt1 Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored wall protein transfer 1
HDAC Histone deacetylase
Hsp Heat-shock protein
IKK IκB kinase
IMS Intermembrane space (in mitochondria)
ITZ Itraconazole
KTZ Ketoconazole
MIC Minimal inhibitory concentration (usually for inhibition of ≥ 50%)
MIC80 MIC for ≥ 80% inhibition
MIC90 MIC for 90% inhibition
MIC100 MIC for 100% inhibition
MIC0.3 MIC for ≥ 30% inhibition
MFC Minimal fungicidal concentration
Mia40 Mitochondrial IMS import and assembly pathway 40 kDa
MMV Medicines for Malaria Venture
MycetOS Mycetoma Open Science
NAFLD Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
NHC N-heterocyclic carbene
NF-κB Nuclear factor-κB
NK cells Natural killer cells
NOS Nitric oxide synthase
Nrf2 Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
NTD Neglected tropical disease
PEG Polyethylene glycol
PLGA Poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid
Pos5 Peroxide sensitive 5
PU Polyurethane
RA Rheumatoid arthritis
RANKL Receptor activator of NF-κB ligand
ROS Reactive oxygen species
Tim Translocase of the inner membrane
Tom Translocase of the outer membrane
Trr Thioredoxin reductase (in fungi)
TrxR Thioredoxin reductase (general)
UPS Ubiquitin-proteasome system
WHO World Health Organization