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. 2020 Dec 23;22(1):57. doi: 10.3390/ijms22010057
ACE2 Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
Ag Antigen
AHR Airway hyper-responsiveness
AIRE Autoimmune regulator gene
APCs Antigen-presenting cells
AR Androgen receptors
ATCI Azoospermic testis with chronic inflammation
BGN Proteoglycan biglycan
BTB Blood-testis barrier
CTAg Cancer/testis-antigen
CTCs Circulating tumor cells
DCs Dendritic cells
DMSO Dimethyl sulfoxide
EAE Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
EAO Experimental autoimmune orchitis
EDS Ethane dimethane sulphonate
GC Germ cell
IDO Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase
IFN-γ Interferon-γ
Ig Immunoglobulin
IL Interleukin
ILN Lymph nodes from the immunization site
LEEP-CAM Lymphocyte endothelial epithelial-cell adhesion molecule
MAGE Melanoma-associated antigen
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MGCA Meiotic germ cell antigens
MHC Major histocompatibility complex
NK Natural killer
OVA Ovalbumin
PD1 Programmed cell death protein 1
PDL1 Programmed death ligand-1
SC Sertoli cell
SEPRIN Serine protease inhibitor
sFasL Soluble form of FasL
Tc Cytotoxic T
TCR T cell receptor
Tfh T follicular helper
TGF-β Transforming growth factor-β
Th T helper
TLN Lymph nodes of testis
TLR Toll-like receptors
TNF-a Tumor necrosis factor-a
Treg Regulatory T
VCAM-1 Vascular cell adhesion molecule 1