AG	Arabinogalactan
BCG	Bacille Calmette Guerin
CCR5	CC chemokine receptor 5
Ch	Cholesterol
CXCR4	CXC chemokine receptor 4
DC	Dendritic cell
DC-SIGN	Dendritic cell-specific ICAM-3-grabbing non-integrin
HIV-1	Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1
iDC	Immature dendritic cell
LAM	lipoarabinomannan
LM	lipomannan
LTR	Long Terminal Repeat
MA	Mycolic acids
Mincle	macrophage-inducible C-type lectin
mDC	Mature dendritic cell
MR	Mannose receptor
Mtb	Mycobacterium tuberculosis
PAMPs	Pathogen associated molecular patterns
papA1	Polyketide associated-protein-1
PC	Phosphatidylcholine
PDIM	Phthiocerol dimycocerosate
PG	Peptidoglycan
PGL	Phenolic glycolipids
PIM	Phosphatidylinositol mannoside
PRR	Pattern recognition receptors
SL	Sulfolipid
TB	Tuberculosis
TDM	Trehalose dimycolate
TLC	Thin-layer chromatography