AAV	Adeno-associated virus
AC	Adenocarcinoma
ACTS	Adoptive T-cell therapies
AHR	Aryl hydrocarbon receptor
AIF	Apoptosis inducible factor
AIM-2	Absent in melanoma-2
AMP	Antimicrobial peptides
APC	Antigen-presenting cell
BECs	Basal epithelial cells
CAC	Cervical adenocarcinoma
CAR-T cell	Chimeric antigen receptor T cell
CC	Cervical cancer
CECs	Cervical epithelial cells
cGAMP	Cyclic GMP-AMP
cGAS	cGMP-AMP synthase
CIN	Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
CLR	C-type lectin receptors
CMI	Cell-mediated immunity
CTL	Cytotoxic T lymphocyte
DNAM-1	DNAX accessory molecule-1
DGE	Differential gene expression
FoxP3	Forkhead box protein P3
FRT	Female reproductive tract
HIF	Hypoxia-inducible factor
HR-HPV	High-risk HPV
hTERT	Human telomeres reverse transcriptase
ICIs	Immune checkpoint inhibitors
IDO	Indolamine dioxygenase
LCs	Langerhans cells
MAIT	Mucosal-associated invariant T
MIP	Macrophage inflammatory protein
MUC	Mucin
NET	Neutrophil extracellular trap
NKCC	NK-cell-mediated toxicity
NKG2D	Natural killer group 2D
NLR	Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio
NOD	Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain
PRR	Pattern-recognition receptor
RGS	Regulator of G protein signaling
RICK	RIP-like interacting CLARP kinase
SCC	Squamous cell carcinoma
SIL	Squamous intraepithelial lesion
STING	Stimulating interferon genes
TCR	T-cell receptor
TCR-T cells	TCR-engineered/modified effector T cells
TDO	Tryptophan dioxygenase
TIME	Tumor immune microenvironment
TME	Tumor microenvironment
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor beta
TSLP	Thymic stromal lymphopoietin
TZ	Transformational Zone
VISTA	V-domain immunoglobulin suppressor of T cell activation