| APC | antigen-presenting cell |
| BMDC | bone marrow-derived dendritic cell |
| CCL | chemokine (C-C motif) ligand |
| CFSE | carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester |
| CXCL | chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand |
| DC | dendritic cell |
| EAM | experimental autoimmune myocarditis |
| H&E | hematoxylin and eosin |
| IFN-γ | interferon-γ |
| IL | interleukin |
| MyHC-α | myosin heavy chain-α |
| PD-1 | programmed death 1 |
| PD-L1 | programmed death ligand 1 |
| PD-L2 | programmed death ligand 2 |
| TCR | T cell receptor |
| TGF-β | transforming growth factor beta |
| TNF | tumor necrosis factor |
| WT | wild-type |