| APC | antigen presenting cell |
| BCR | B cell receptor |
| CDR3 | complementarity determining region 3 |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| CSO | cleavage site octamer |
| HLA | human leukocyte antigen |
| Ig | immunoglobulin |
| IgG | immunoglobulin G |
| IGHV | immunoglobulin heavy variable |
| mAb | monoclonal antibody |
| MHC | major histocompatibility complex |
| NN | neural network |
| nLCMS | nano liquid chromatography mass spectrometry |
| rMBP | recombinant myelin basic protein |
| SDS-PAGE | sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SVM | support vector machine |