| TB | Tuberculosis |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| Mtb | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| BCG | Bacille Calmette and Guérin |
| DC | Dendritic cell |
| IFN | Interferon |
| TLR | Toll-like receptor |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank |
| Ms | Mycobacterium smegmatis |
| CDR | Complementarity-determining region |
| ER | Endoplasmic reticulum |
| rmsd | root mean square deviations |
| IL | Interleukin |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor–α |