AILRT	Acute lower respiratory tract infections
ATS	American Thoracic Society
COPD	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
ERS	European Respiratory Society
EVs	Extracellular vesicles
FCM	Flow Cytometry
FCS	Flow cytometry standard
FIRS	Forum of International Respiratory Societies
FMO	Fluorescence minus one
FSC	Forward scatter
GINA	Global Initiative for Asthma
GOLD	Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
ICCS	International Clinical Cytometry Society
IL	Interleukin
ISAC	International Society for Advancement of Cytometry
LAM	Lipoarabinomannan
mAB	Monoclonal antibodies
mAB-F	Monoclonal antibodies coupled to fluorochromes
MFI	Mean fluorescence intensity
Mtb	Mycobacterium tuberculosis
NKG2D	Natural killer group 2 member D
NSCLC	Non-small cell type
PBMC	Peripheral blood mononuclear cells
SSC	Side scatter
STRA	Therapy-resistant asthma
TB	Tuberculosis
WHO	World Health Organization