ADH |
adipic acid dihydrazide |
ATRA |
all-trans retinoic acid |
ANN |
Artificial neural network |
APCs |
antigen presenting cells |
AUCs |
areas under the curve |
BCG |
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin |
BMDCs |
bone marrow derived DCs |
BMDMs |
bone marrow-derived macrophages |
CAI |
Codon Adaptation Index |
CFP-10 |
culture filtrate protein 10 |
CRKP |
carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae |
CTB |
cholera toxin subunit B |
CTL |
cytotoxic T-lymphocytes |
COVID-19 |
coronavirus disease 2019 |
DCs |
dendritic cells |
DosRs |
dormancy survival regulon antigens |
ELISpot |
enzyme-linked immunospot |
ESAT-6 |
early secreted antigenic target 6 |
GEM |
gram-positive enhancer matrix |
HBD |
human β-defensin; |
HBHA |
heparin binding hemagglutinin |
HBsAg |
Hepatitis B virus surface antigen |
HTL |
helper T lymphocytes |
HIV |
human immunodeficiency virus |
HLA |
human leukocyte antigen |
HMM |
Hidden Markov Model |
IEDB |
Immune Epitope Database and Analysis Resource |
IFN-γ |
interferon-γ |
IL |
Interleukin |
IP-10 |
interferon gamma inducible protein 10 |
LTBI |
latent TB infection |
MCC |
Matthew's correlation coefficient |
MDR-TB |
drug-resistant and multidrug-resistant TB |
MM6 |
MonoMac6 human monocytes |
MHC |
major histocompatibility complex |
NCBI |
National Center of Biotechnology Information |
NMR |
nuclear magnetic resonance |
NK |
natural killer |
ODN |
oligonucleotides |
OMVs |
Outer membrane vesicles |
Pam2Cys |
dipalmitoyl-S-glyceryl cysteine |
PA |
protective antigen |
PAMPs |
pathogen associated molecular patterns |
PBS |
phosphate buffer solution |
pDCs |
plasmacytoid dendritic cells |
PLS |
partial least squares |
pMHC |
major histocompatibility complex presented antigenic peptides |
PRP |
ribosylribitolphosphate |
PSMα4 |
phenol-soluble modulin α4 |
QSAR |
Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship |
RD |
region of difference |
Rpfs |
resuscitation-promoting factors |
RplL |
50S ribosomal protein L7/L12 |
SCXRD |
single-crystal X-ray diffraction |
SLPs |
synthetic long peptides |
SMM |
Stabilized matrix method |
SVM |
Support Vector Machine |
TB |
tuberculosis |
Th |
helper T-lymphocytes |
TLR |
toll-like receptor |
TMV |
Tobacco Mosaic Virus |
TNF-α |
tumor necrosis factor-α |
TST |
tuberculin skin test |
VLPs |
virus-like particles |
WHO |
World Health Organization |