AMs	Amastigotes
AO	Acridine orange
ASM	Acid sphingomyelinase
CFSE	Carboxyfluorescein N-succinimidyl ester
CLSM	Confocal laser scanning microscopy
DCs	Dendritic cells
EtBr	Ethidium bromide
FC	Flow cytometry
FL	Fluorescence microscopy
G	Giemsa
GFP	Green fluorescent protein
HE	Haematoxylin-eosin
HMEC-1	Human microvascular endothelial cell line
ICC	Immunocytochemistry
IHC	Immunohistochemistry
LAMP	Lysosomal membrane-associated protein
LM	Light microscopy
L-SIGN	Liver/lymph node-specific ICAM-3 grabbing nonintegrin
MCs	Mast cells
MGG	May–Grünwald–Giemsa
MSCs	Mesenchymal stems cells
NO	Nitric oxide
PAS	Periodic acid-Schiff
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
PI	Propidium iodide
PMs	Promastigotes
p.i.	Post inoculation
qPCR	Quantitative polymerase chain reaction
RFP	Red fluorescent protein
SEM	Scanning electron microscopy
SPIONs	Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles
TEM	Transmission electron microscopy