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. 2026 Aug 3;27(15):6965. doi: 10.3390/ijms27156965
A549 Human alveolar epithelial cell line
Ag85 Antigen 85 complex (Ag85A/B/C)
AT1/AT2 Alveolar epithelial type I/type II cell
B30.2 B30.2 (PRY/SPRY) intracellular domain of BTN3A1
BCG Bacille Calmette–Guérin (Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine)
BTN2A1 Butyrophilin 2A1
BTN3A1 Butyrophilin 3A1
CARD9 Caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 9
CC16 Clara cell 16-kDa protein (secretoglobin SCGB1A1)
CD1 Cluster of differentiation 1 (lipid-antigen-presenting molecule)
CD4/CD8 Cluster of differentiation 4/8 T cell co-receptors
CFP-10 Culture filtrate protein, 10 kDa
cGAS Cyclic GMP–AMP synthase
COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CXCR3 C-X-C chemokine receptor type 3
DAMP Damage-associated molecular pattern
DC-SIGN Dendritic cell-specific ICAM-3-grabbing non-integrin (CD209)
Dectin-2 Dendritic cell-associated C-type lectin 2
ESAT-6 Early secreted antigenic target, 6 kDa
ESX-1 ESAT-6 secretion system 1 (type VII secretion system)
Foxp3 Forkhead box P3
G-CSF Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
GSDMD Gasdermin D
HIV Human immunodeficiency virus
HLA Human leukocyte antigen
HMBPP (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl pyrophosphate
iBALT Inducible bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue
IFN-γ Interferon-γ
IGRA Interferon-γ release assay
IL Interleukin (e.g., IL-1β, IL-2, IL-12, IL-17, IL-17A, IL-23)
iNKT Invariant natural killer T cell
IPP Isopentenyl pyrophosphate
KLRG1 Killer cell lectin-like receptor G1
LAM Lipoarabinomannan
LL-37 Human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide LL-37
MAIT Mucosal-associated invariant T cell
ManLAM Mannose-capped lipoarabinomannan
MCL Macrophage C-type lectin (CLEC4D)
MEP 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate (non-mevalonate) pathway
MHC Major histocompatibility complex
Mincle Macrophage-inducible C-type lectin (CLEC4E)
MLKL Mixed-lineage kinase domain-like protein
MMP-12 Matrix metalloproteinase-12 (macrophage metalloelastase)
MSMD Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease
Mtb Mycobacterium tuberculosis
MUC5AC/MUC5B Mucin 5AC/mucin 5B
MVA85A Modified vaccinia Ankara virus expressing antigen 85A
NE Neutrophil elastase
NET Neutrophil extracellular trap
NK Natural killer cell
NLRP3 NOD-, LRR-, and pyrin domain-containing protein 3
NOD2 Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2
PD-1 Programmed cell death protein 1
pAg Phosphoantigen
PPD Purified protein derivative (tuberculin)
PtpA Protein tyrosine phosphatase A
RD1 Region of difference 1
RIPK1/RIPK3 Receptor-interacting serine/threonine protein kinase 1/3
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SapM Secreted acid phosphatase M
SP-A/SP-D Surfactant protein A/D
STING Stimulator of interferon genes
Syk Spleen tyrosine kinase
TB Tuberculosis
Tc1 Type 1 cytotoxic T cell
TCR T cell receptor
TDM Trehalose dimycolate (cord factor)
Th1/Th17 T helper type 1/type 17 cell
TLRs Toll-like receptors
TLR2 Toll-like receptor 2
TLS Tertiary lymphoid structure
TNF Tumor necrosis factor
Treg Regulatory T cell
TRM Tissue-resident memory T cell
Vγ9Vδ2/Vγ2Vδ2 γδ T cell receptor usage defining the major pAg-responsive subset (human Vγ9Vδ2; non-human primate Vγ2Vδ2)
Vδ1/Vδ3 γδ T cells defined by δ-chain (Vδ1, Vδ3) usage
αβ T cell T cell bearing an α/β T cell receptor
γδ T cell T cell bearing a γ/δ T cell receptor