| α-PD1 | anti-PD1 |
| Ad5 | adenovirus type 5; |
| Ad19 or Ad19a or Ad19a/64 | adenovirus type 19a/64; |
| Adv | adenovirus; |
| BMDCs | bone marrow-derived dendritic cells; |
| BSA | bovine serum albumin; |
| CMV | cytomegalovirus promoter; |
| CTL | cytotoxic T lymphocyte; |
| CpG | cytosine-phosphate-guanine; |
| CPI | checkpoint inhibitor; |
| DC | dendritic cell; |
| ELISA | enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; |
| Env | envelope; |
| ERV | endogenous retrovirus; |
| FBS | foetal bovine serum; |
| Gag | group-specific antigen; |
| GM-CSF | granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor; |
| HERV | human endogenous retrovirus; |
| HRP | horseradish peroxidase; |
| IFNγ | interferon gamma; |
| IFU | infectious units; |
| Ig | immunoglobulins; |
| IL | interleukin; |
| i.p. | intraperitoneal; |
| ICS | intracellular cytokine staining; |
| ISD | immunosuppressive domain; |
| ISDmut | immunosuppressive domain mutated; |
| ISDwt | immunosuppressive domain wild type; |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide; |
| MCS | multiple cloning site; |
| MelARV | melanoma-associated retrovirus; |
| MOI | multiplicity of infection; |
| MuLV | murine leukaemia virus; |
| NaN3 | sodium azide; |
| P2A | porcine teschovirus-1 2A peptide |
| PBS | phosphate buffered saline; |
| s.c. | subcutaneously; |
| SU | surface; |
| SV40-pA | simian virus 40 polyA; |
| TEM | transmission electron microscopy; |
| TNFα | tumour necrosis factor alpha; |
| TM | transmembrane or p15E; |
| UMI | unique molecular identifier |
| VLP | virus-like particle; |
| VLV | virus-like vaccine; |
| WB | Western blot; |
| wt | wild type. |