| AIDS | Acuired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
| AP-1 | Activator Protein-1 |
| APC | Antigen Presenting Cell |
| APOBEC3G | Apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide-like 3G |
| Ascl-2 | Achaete-scute complex homolog 2 |
| BATF | Basic leucine zipper ATF-like transcription factor |
| Bcl-6 | B-Cell Lymphoma-6 |
| bNAb | Broadly Neutralizing Antibody |
| CCL3 | Chemokine C-C Ligand-3 |
| CD | Cluster of Differentiation |
| CMV | Cytomegalovirus |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus Disease -year 2019 |
| CRTAM | Cytotoxic and Regulatory T Cell Molecule |
| CTLA-4 | Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte-Associated protein 4 |
| CXCR5 | C-X-C chemokine receptor type 5 |
| DC | Dendritic Cells |
| EBI-2 | Epstein-Barr virus-Induced Gene 2 |
| GC | Germinal Center |
| HAV | Hepatitis A Virus |
| HCV | Hepatitis C Virus |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| IAV | Influenza A Virus |
| ICOS | Inducible T cell Costimulator |
| IDO | Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase |
| IFITM3 | Interferon-induced transmembrane protein 3 |
| IFN | Interferon |
| IL | Interleukin |
| IRF4 | Interferon Regulatory Factor 4 |
| ISG | Interferon-Stimulated Genes |
| JC polyomavirus | John Cunningham polyomavirus |
| LAG-3 | Lymphocyte Activation gene-3 |
| LCMV | Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus |
| MAF | Musculoaponeurotic Fibrosarcoma oncogene |
| MHC | Major Histocompatibility Complex |
| MX2 | MX Dynamin Like GTPase 2 |
| NFAT2 | Nuclear Factor of Activated T cells-2 |
| NK | Natural Killer |
| PD-1 | Programmed cell death-1 |
| pMHC | Peptide-MHC complex |
| RSV | Respiratory Syncytial Virus |
| Runx3 | Runt-related Transcription Factor-3 |
| SARS-CoV-2 | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-related Coronavirus 2 |
| SIV | Simian Immunodeficiency Virus |
| TCM | T Central Memory |
| TCF-1 | T cell factor-1 |
| TCR | T Cell Receptor |
| TF | Transcription Factor |
| Tfh | T follicular helper |
| Th | T helper |
| Treg | Regulatory T cell |
| TIGIT | T cell Immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM Domains |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis factor-alpha |
| TRM | T resident Memory |
| TGF-β | Transforming Growth Factor-beta |
| VSV | Vesicular Stomatitis Virus |
| VZV | Varicella Zoster Virus |