| hvKP | Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae |
| BSI | bloodstream infection |
| HN | Humanin |
| MPO | myeloperoxidase |
| BMDM | bone marrow-derived macrophage |
| DEG | Differentially expressed gene |
| PCT | Procalcitonin |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| OD | optical density |
| LB | Luria–Bertani |
| ALT | alanine aminotransferase |
| AST | aspartate aminotransferase |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| ECL | enhanced chemiluminescence |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| BP | biological process |
| CC | cellular component |
| MF | molecular function |
| NF-κB | nuclear factor kappa B |
| CFU | colony-forming unit |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| DPBS | Dulbecco’s phosphate-buffered saline |
| HRP | horseradish peroxidase |
| TMB | 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine |
| MHA | Mueller–Hinton agar |
| DAB | 3,3′-diaminobenzidine |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| RIPA | radioimmunoprecipitation assay |
| BCA | bicinchoninic acid |
| GAPDH | glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GSEA | gene-set enrichment analysis |
| NES | normalized enrichment score |
| FDR | false discovery rate |
| qRT-PCR | quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction |