| 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 |