ADP	Adenosine diphosphate
BBI	Bowman–Birk inhibitor
BMDM	Bone-marrow-derived macrophages
CAM	Chicken chorioallantoic membrane
EAE	Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
HIV	Human immunodeficiency virus
IFN	Interferon
IL	Interleukin
Ir-CPI	Ixodes ricinus contact phase inhibitor
IRF	IFN-regulatory factor
IrSPI	Ixodes Ricinus serine protease inhibitor
IRS-2	Ixodes ricinus serpin-2
KPIs	Kazal-type proteinase inhibitors
MMP	Matrix metallopeptidase
MPI	Metalloprotease inhibitor
NRTI	Nucleotide/nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
NNRTI	Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
OVA	Ovalbumin
PBMC	Peripheral blood mononuclear cells
PDGF	Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
PI	Protease inhibitor
RCL	Reactive center loop
RENCA	Murine renal adenocarcinoma
RGD	Arginylglycylaspartic acid
RHS8	Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
STAT	Signal transducer and activator of transcription
TAP	Tick anticoagulant peptide
TdPI	Tick-derived protease inhibitor
TIL	Trypsin inhibitor like
TLR	Toll-like receptor
TNF	Tumor necrosis factor
TRAF	TNF receptor-associated factor
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor