ACK	Ammonium-chloride-potassium
AITD	Autoimmune thyroid diseases
BSA	Bovine serum albumin
CFA	Complete Freund’s adjuvant
CFSE	Carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester
EAT	Experimental autoimmune thyroiditis
ELISA	Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
FBS	Fetal bovine albumin
H&E	Hematoxylin-eosin
HT	Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
IACUC	Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IFN-γ	Interferon-gamma
IL	Interleukin
NC	Negative control
PBS	Phosphate-buffered saline
SD	Standard deviation
SI	Stimulation index
Tg	Thyroglobulin
TgAb	Anti-thyroglobulin antibody
TPOA	Anti-thyroperoxidase autoantibodies
TSH	Thyroid-stimulating hormone