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. 2026 Mar 12;18(3):347. doi: 10.3390/v18030347
AKT Protein kinase B
ART Antiretroviral therapy
BAD BCL-2 associated agonist of cell death
BAK BCL-2 antagonist/killer
BAX Bcl-2 associated x apoptosis regulator
BCL-2 B-cell lymphoma 2
BCL-XL B-cell lymphoma-extra large
BFL-1 BCL-2-related protein A1
BIM BCL-2 Interacting Mediator of cell death
BIRC2 Baculoviral IAP repeat-containing protein 2
CHX Cycloheximide
cIAP1 Cellular Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein 1
cIAP2 Cellular Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein 2
CNS Central nervous system
CSF-1R Macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor
CTL Cytotoxic lymphocyte
DISC Death-inducing signalling complex
Env Envelope
FasL Fas ligand
FasR Fas receptor
GALT Gut-associated lymphoid tissue
GM-CSF Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
HIV Human immunodeficiency virus
IAP Inhibitor of apoptosis
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
M-CSF Macrophage colony-stimulating factor
MCL-1 Myeloid cell leukaemia-1
MDM Monocyte-derived macrophages
MHC-I Major histocompatibility complex class I
NK Natural killer
PBMC Peripheral blood mononuclear cell
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PWH People with HIV
SIV Simian immunodeficiency virus
SMAC Second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases
TNFα Tumour necrosis factor alpha
TRAIL Tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand
TREM-1 Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1
VCC Virus-containing compartment
XIAP X-linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein