| DEGs | Differentially expressed genes |
| EPL | Extrapulmonary lesions |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| HC | Healthy controls |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| NOS | Nitric Oxide Synthase |
| NOD | Nucleotide oligomerization domain |
| PBMCs | Peripheral blood mononuclear cells |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| Th | T helper |