TB	Tuberculosis
M.tb	Mycobacterium tuberculosis
ZIP	Zrt-/Irt-like protein
IREG1	Ferroportin-1
NRAMP1	Natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1
IFN-γ	Interferon gamma
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
CTR1	High affinity copper uptake protein-1
ATP7A	ATPase copper transporting alpha
MctB	Mycobacterial copper transport protein B
CtpC	Metal cation-transporting p-type ATPase C
Zur	Zinc uptake repressor
IdeR	Iron-dependent repressor
ESX-3	6 kDa early secretory antigenic target protein family secretion system-3
EsxG	ESAT-6-like protein G
EsxH	ESAT-6-like protein H
ZnT	Zinc transport protein
DMT1	Divalent metal transporter 1
MDM	Monocyte-derived macrophage
hAM	Human alveolar macrophage
MT	Metallothionein
MTF-1	Metal responsive transcription factor-1
TLR	Tol-like receptor
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
BCG	Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette Guérin
kDa	kiloDalton
qRT-PCR	Quantitative Real-Time polymerase chain reaction
MOI	Multiplicity of infection
TfR1	Transferrin receptor-1
LAMP-1	Lysosome-associated membrane protein-1
TNFα	Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha
IL-10	Interleukin 10
MMP	Metalloproteinase