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. 2026 Jan 26;14(2):117. doi: 10.3390/vaccines14020117
5-A-RU 5-amino-6-d-ribitylaminouracil
5-OE-RU 5-(2-oxoethylideneamino)-6-d-ribitylaminouracil
APC Antigen-presenting cell
BAL Bronchoalveolar lavage
BCG Bacillus Calmette–Guérin
CCR2 C–C chemokine receptor type 2
CFU Colony-forming unit
CpG Cytosine–phosphate–guanine (CpG oligonucleotide)
DC Dendritic cell
DMSO Dimethyl sulfoxide
dpi Days post infection
dsRNA Double-stranded RNA
EC50 Half-maximal effective concentration
GC Germinal centre
GM-CSF Granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor
HA Hemagglutinin
IAV Influenza A virus
ICOS Inducible T-cell co-stimulator
IFN Interferon
IFNAR Interferon-α/β receptor (type I interferon receptor)
Ig Immunoglobulin
IL Interleukin
Ki-67 Marker of proliferation Ki-67
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
Ly6C Lymphocyte antigen 6 complex, locus C
MAIT Mucosal-associated invariant T (cell)
MG Methylglyoxal
MHC Major histocompatibility complex
mLN Mediastinal lymph node
MR1 MHC class I-related protein 1
NHP Non-human primate
NK Natural killer (cell)
NOS2 Nitric oxide synthase 2
OVA Ovalbumin
Pam2CSK4 Pam2Cys-Ser-(Lys)4 (synthetic TLR2/6 agonist)
Pam2Cys S-[2,3-bis(palmitoyloxy)propyl]-l-cysteine
PAMP Pathogen-associated molecular pattern
PBS Phosphate-buffered saline
PD-1 Programmed cell death protein 1
polyI:C Polyinosinic–polycytidylic acid
RORγt Retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor gamma t
rVSV Recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus
SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
TB Tuberculosis
T-bet T-box expressed in T cells (TBX21)
TCR T cell receptor
TFH T follicular helper (cell)
Th T helper (cell)
TLR Toll-like receptor
TNF Tumour necrosis factor